Do AI leaders' early risk warnings signal regulatory capture? A pointed X debate
IgorKurganov · x · 2026-09-16
A debate on whether AI leaders' risk warnings are marketing or regulatory capture. IgorKurganov argues his sourced cartoon shows that at least originally, AI leaders voiced the same risk statements without any reg-capture or open-source-ban incentives.
Evanss6 counters that marketing is only one move on the board: regulatory capture, directing money and power to affiliated orgs like METR, and banning Chinese/open-source models are also in play — and many value control over money. IgorKurganov concedes self-interest concerns are justified and all statements deserve scrutiny, noting protecting one's business from being the only one to slow down is itself a form of self-interest.
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