This centralization bypasses public consensus and limits user influence.
Last few days have been all about patrician power. CEOs of leading labs deigning to consider a pause; Claude deciding whether it'll help you on the fly. Some people love the first and hate the second, and vice versa. The point is that you don't get a say. Feels like augurings of a new aristocracy.
Users objected to the hypocrisy of AI lab CEOs publicly advocating pauses on frontier development while rapidly shipping multiple new models.
@sethlazar Figuring out how to assign property rights dynamically, so these concentrations of power don’t explode in a matter of months, is seriously pressing. Trying to model it, but it’s hard.
@sethlazar Can’t ignore the hypocrisy here as well: publicly advocating for a pause in frontier AI development while shipping 3 models in 2 months.
@S_OhEigeartaigh "Laws" that apply themselves!
@sethlazar Who ought to be making those two decisions instead, why do you think they aren't (descriptively), and how much does that hinge on whether you buy arguments about particular risks?
This centralization bypasses public consensus and limits user influence.
Last few days have been all about patrician power. CEOs of leading labs deigning to consider a pause; Claude deciding whether it'll help you on the fly. Some people love the first and hate the second, and vice versa. The point is that you don't get a say. Feels like augurings of a new aristocracy.
