People underestimate the extent to which “he started it!” and its variants drive AI development
8:19 AM · Jun 8, 2026 · 4K Views
Miles Brundage, AVERI executive director, argues that competitive peer pressure and retaliatory rivalries are underestimated drivers of AI development
Interpersonal rivalries often accelerate deployment over commercial demands.
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Many users agree that competitive rivalries drive AI development more than acknowledged, expressing surprise at the underestimation and extending the point to all of human history.
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Alpha Batcher@alphabatcher
@Miles_Brundage ++++
still wondering, why people underestimate this?!
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Jeffcafe, private detective@jeffcafe_
@Miles_Brundage *drive all of human history
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Miles Brundage@Miles_Brundage
People underestimate the extent to which “he started it!” and its variants drive AI development
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Invincible@InvincibleEdge
@Miles_Brundage tit for tat with extra steps and infinite compute
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Bruchez@thebruchez
@Miles_Brundage That’s a funny little engine behind it, once one model moves, everyone else rushes to match it.
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Henry Dowling@henrytdowling
@Miles_Brundage What particular example do you have in mind here? Is this like, people's justifications for why we're pursuing rsi?
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TechGeekDavid@techpupparent
@Miles_Brundage 'They're building so we must' is the working governance framework for AI development.
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