Safety rhetoric as a competitive moat building strategy
OpenAI’s storyline that AI is extremely dangerous and only a select few should be allowed to develop it is meant to use safety concerns as justification for a regulatory setup that creates barriers to entry and gives them more monopolistic power. This is part of Sam Altman’s classical playbook to protect their business. All of OpenAI’s core statements over the past few months come down to one focus: OpenAI tries to protect their market position.
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