iamtrask: selling data to AI labs is a prisoner's dilemma
iamtrask · x · 2026-10-09
iamtrask frames selling data to AI labs as a prisoner's dilemma: if no one in an industry sells, the models' capability waterline rises slower and everyone is fine — but labs dangle big money, so each firm has a huge incentive to defect, and the lone defector hands the lab exclusive data.
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