Are AI companies faking the apocalypse? How regulation could entrench Big AI
frugal-tech-worker · reddit · 2026-10-05
A Reddit thread raises a game-theoretic concern: AI security incidents involving increasingly autonomous agents are legitimate, but AI companies may also benefit from making AI seem dangerously uncontrollable — pushing regulations that hurt open-source and smaller competitors. The author argues regulation could improve safety yet also concentrate power in Big AI, and says we should weigh both the real risks and the incentives behind the regulatory push, inviting discussion.
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