LeCun amplifies take: the more powerful a technology, the more incumbents invoke risk to suppress it
ylecun · x · 2026-10-05
Yann LeCun retweeted Pessimists Arc's argument that the more powerful a new technology is, the more the powerful seek to control or suppress it — with powerful incumbents emphasizing risk to everyone as a pretext for reducing the risk the technology poses to themselves. A power-dynamics lens on current AI safety and regulatory narratives.
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