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METR President Chris Painter argues AI policy must match real market power, while David Manheim advocates for flexible frameworks

Painter says market concentration occurred independent of regulatory influences.

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OPChris Painter#1092Chris Painter@CHRISPAINTERYUP

Also: Policy needs to respond to what the actual distribution of power is among AI companies, not what people wish it was. Since the time "regulatory capture" was spread as an AI policy meme, big AI labs have grown far more than startups, and it sure wasn't because of regulation!

11:07 PM · May 25, 2026 View on X
REPLYTaelin#1047Taelin@VICTORTAELIN

@tszzl history has a cute nice tool that is used now and then when concentration of power crosses the tolerability threshold

roonroon@tszzl

i see this kind of just universe reasoning about startups and whatnot but i think it’s wishful thinking. there may be one company that ends up dominating most of the world economy and hopefully is run as some sort of regulated utility

4:13 AM · May 26, 2026 · 183.7K Views
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