• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s good for marketing, though. “Ah, our software is so powerful, it could destroy humanity! Please pass a bill saying so while we market friendly chatbots to the public while actually making money by selling our products to despots and warmongers that might actually end humanity.”

    • Sgagvefey@lemmynsfw.com
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      4 months ago

      It’s regulatory capture. Add deluded barriers to entry to make it difficult for competition and community projects to develop, and you have a monopoly.