Let’s separate out what the companies actually want from the words they’re using for a moment. The top commercial companies are roughly stating:
1. Our AIs are so advanced they’re busting out of our networks and hacking people. We can’t seem to stop them.
2. There are real dangers to just how advanced our AIs are advancing.
3. Someone needs to slow us down
If these were true statements then they’d likely want to shut down themselves for the sake of the planet they live on. If there was a real problem as they have stated then shutting down is the solve (and to be clear, I’m not saying there aren’t problems with the AI industry. I just think they’re BSing us).
In reality this is marketing nonsense (better get in before the ban!) and “our” AI is never open weight/Chinese AI models which they have a different lobbying arm against. If the top four companies got a loosely regulated monopoly through regulatory capture, they’d be giddy.
1. Our AIs are so advanced they’re busting out of our networks and hacking people. We can’t seem to stop them.
2. There are real dangers to just how advanced our AIs are advancing.
3. Someone needs to slow us down
If these were true statements then they’d likely want to shut down themselves for the sake of the planet they live on. If there was a real problem as they have stated then shutting down is the solve (and to be clear, I’m not saying there aren’t problems with the AI industry. I just think they’re BSing us).
In reality this is marketing nonsense (better get in before the ban!) and “our” AI is never open weight/Chinese AI models which they have a different lobbying arm against. If the top four companies got a loosely regulated monopoly through regulatory capture, they’d be giddy.