Paul Graham: AI labs inviting the government in means they're scared of their own models
ESYudkowsky · x · 2026-09-21
Paul Graham commented that the real message here is more alarming than a mere cartel: the people building the models have become scared enough of them to take the otherwise unthinkable step of inviting the government in. Eliezer Yudkowsky amplified the remark, adding to the ongoing debate over frontier labs' relationship with regulation.
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