[heftykoo]

Ah, the classic AI startup lifecycle:

We must build a moat to save humanity from AI.

Please regulate our open-source competitors for safety.

Actually, safety doesn't scale well for our Q3 revenue targets.

[baq]

Foundational model provider manifesto:

‘While there’s value in safety, we value the Pentagon’s dollars more’

[pera]

It turns out the biggest threat to AI safety is capitalism, who would have thought

[dmix]

Once they are a dominant market leader they will go back to asking the government to regulate based on policy suggestions from non-profits they also fund.

[amelius]

As if their shareholders would agree.

[nielsbot]

Is this sarcasm?

[yesimahuman]

The only surprise is how quickly it all happened!

[jwr]

It's not just AI, replace "safe" with "open" and you will find a close match with many companies. I guess the difference is that after the initial phase, we are continuously being gaslighted by companies calling things "open" when they are most definitely not.

[varispeed]

Politicians also love to regulate, especially over wine and steak and when the watchers don't watch.