A lot of people are staying quiet about the White House’s restrictions on GPT-5.6 for very self-serving reasons, while justifying it to themselves as “being careful” or “protecting the interests of my company and its stakeholders.” It is all bullshit. It is all bullshit.
I fear that if the U.S. government continues to delay AI model releases for the general public, those who do get early access before the general public will enjoy unfair market advantages that others do not have, and AI users will increasingly use foreign-origin AI models (whether those models are free and open-source or not).
We may be creating a problem that leads to a much bigger problem.
I hope that I am wrong.
I can’t wait to see what kind of food and clothing @anthropic will provide me, and the domicile they let me live in, in the country they own. It’s the end of freedom as we know it; people have no idea. Competition, small business and free markets are dead as of two weeks ago. @howardlutnick , @DavidSacks how can you let this happen? Was such a believer and supporter but holy shit. Wow.
Well, you can't afford a new computer because the AI industry is using all of the world's RAM, but at least you can't use the AI either because Big Brother says no.
You will own nothing and be happy.
An AI future where only a few US companies, subject to the whims of the US government, have frontier AI runs a high risk of dystopian outcomes.
We should all be hoping for vigorous competition, open weight models, and AI beyond the control of the White House.