@bayeslord, co-founder of the e/acc movement, argues calls to halt AI training are strategic moves to pause competitor research
The commentary warns these proposals specifically target open-source projects.
Users agree the Pause AI letter targets rivals' research, with some praising the point and others sarcastically calling it a ploy to protect IPO valuations and eliminate competition.
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@bayeslord No idea if you are persuadable or all-in on maximum acceleration, but is it possible they want to actually build pause capacity for the reasons they have given?
@bayeslord “This is a lot easier if all our competitors just stop you know…. Competing”
They didn’t mean pause AI research, they meant pause *your* AI research
@bayeslord YESSSS
@bayeslord You are sheltering graphical processing units, are you not?
@bayeslord Bayes gets it
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@bayeslord ^^
@bayeslord I mean how else do we ensure safety of our IPO valuation
I used to think Dario & Altman were stupid for saying AI will replace all human jobs. That they couldn’t see the huge societal backlash it would create. But I was wrong.
They know exactly what they’re doing. They’ve built the perfect setup to win AI. To build a monopoly, by pushing regulations so that small startups can’t beat them.
This anthropic post only confirms my doubts.