Ben Todd: the "pacing is just regulatory capture" argument makes no sense
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-10-11
Ben Todd, co-founder of 80,000 Hours, says he's amazed at how widely the claim "AI pacing is just regulatory capture" has caught on despite making no sense at all. He links one of many videos pushing that argument as an example.
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