AI patronage model questioned: keeping access internal is just as disempowering
andersonbcdefg · x · 2026-11-09
Commenting on the "patronage" pattern in how AI labs and safety orgs allocate access and resources, the author argues that while picking winners and losers is troubling, labs always retain the option of granting access to no one and keeping capabilities internal — which disempowers everyone else just as much as the patronage system does.
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