Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl argues that AI existential risk fears are regulatory capture disguised as public concern

@bscholl Always has been

@bscholl The arguments are the same used against fracking; and not dissimilar to arguments against nuclear.

@bscholl Together is the only way through.

@bscholl Precisely

@bscholl and Dario's the wolf in this story, his path of destruction has given the DSA lunatics their main excuse to regulate

@bscholl That’s one weird looking sheep.

@bscholl @beffjezos All doomerism is. Except nuclear weapons I’d hope.

@bscholl Ain’t that the truth!

@bscholl which regulations?

data transparency rules are fair. but 'safety' mandates that only massive labs can afford kill indie builders. that's capture too.

@bscholl @beffjezos Yep!

@bscholl Doomerism in general is just another form of quitting.

@bscholl No it’s just the reality that inequality increases.

And everytime, every single time, the result is the same. History repeats imperfectly but it seems we are wedded to our great white whale

@bscholl AI is a creativity amplifier and a productivity booster if utilized correctly.

@bscholl AI alignment is not only model-to-human alignment. It is society-to-transition alignment.

@bscholl Careful that's how you get doom goblins.

@bscholl Seems that way

@HippchenK @bscholl Exactly. Same playbook.

@bscholl That framing tracks. Safety rhetoric becomes moat once compliance costs price out new entrants.

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@bscholl people have been warning about AI x risk for a very long time. It’s not just regulatory capture. It’s real risk that some of the smartest people in the world are warning us about