Big AI's 'Pace the Frontier' plan is regulatory capture in disguise
Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed a three-point plan to slow frontier AI development, citing the OAI-HF incident. Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Satya Nadella quickly endorsed it. The plan calls for embedded evaluators, international safety standards, and coordination with authoritarian governments. Critics call it regulatory capture, noting it would entrench incumbents and delay OpenAI's IPO for investor benefit. Washington pushed back, with Speaker Mike Johnson warning it could smother innovation.
I will believe that when I see it.
- badsectoracula
> Amodei, meanwhile, outlined some very specific things he wants from Washington: Stop selling Nvidia chips to China so its AI companies can’t build better models, and a crackdown on model distillation.
You have to be the embodiment of hubris to believe the only reason a technologically advanced country of 1.4 billion people with several AI labs and government support can make competitive models is because they all distill yours.
- password54321
If it was that serious, we would be seeing a lot more action than a tweet and a blog post. I'm not even sure why the public needs to know about how "scary" AI is as we can't do much, don't know any of the technical details and Anthropic have already decided to punish anyone involved in anti-ai protests.
"Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities"
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-surve...
- DrProtic
I was on edge for last few months, but made a decision recently to not give another dollar to Anthropic.
It’s so obvious they’re playing safety card to get politicians to reign down on individual’s freedoms.
- VCFundedGenYer
All these companies are suddenly crying about "slowing down" after insisting on having no guardrails nor restrictions?
All at once in lockstep?
Who paid them to say this? These are all lies.
- bix6
Can anyone recommend me a viable alternative to these clowns? I would like to move my work (excel and light coding) off the big guys. My computer isn’t very powerful though so I need to upgrade or find hosted models (host my own?) that won’t steal my sensitive data?
Edit: miss me with the downvotes. These guys are clowns. I want alternatives. Thank you to everyone offering help!