Nat Lambert: Reid Hoffman's Framing Makes Open Source Look Far More Dangerous
natolambert · x · 2026-09-25
Nathan Lambert criticizes Reid Hoffman's new general-audience piece for presenting the state of AI in a way that makes open source appear far more dangerous than it is, noting that 'the simplest explanations of AI are often the scariest, but the real world is messy.'
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