sort of interesting on the always part, as I don't think the failure mode of it is acceptable or desirable, where someone whose default is always to have checks/balances is ok with it because presumably they benefit.
the alternative to checks and balances is the freedom to defect, exit, repurpose, optimize, compete, reinterpret, etc. we can always invent moderation schemes. even though I think the effect of unregulated social media has been existentially bad for western societies, most of the regulatory state seems pretty happy about the outcome. who could have predicted that all most people really wanted was to deliver food and do soft peepshow sex work while they raged about their outgroups and waited for their 15mins of fame? ugly and messy, but it's what we wanted.
The one group you don't want to help are the ones who are actuated by having power over others. It's a sick kink, and the only thing that has kept them at bay so far has been the high bar of competence for math and code. AI changes that, and depriving good people of powerful tools by restricting them to the hands of regulators means only the worst people will have them. Open sourcing everything to take away any moats they may have seems more urgent than ever.
the alternative to checks and balances is the freedom to defect, exit, repurpose, optimize, compete, reinterpret, etc. we can always invent moderation schemes. even though I think the effect of unregulated social media has been existentially bad for western societies, most of the regulatory state seems pretty happy about the outcome. who could have predicted that all most people really wanted was to deliver food and do soft peepshow sex work while they raged about their outgroups and waited for their 15mins of fame? ugly and messy, but it's what we wanted.
The one group you don't want to help are the ones who are actuated by having power over others. It's a sick kink, and the only thing that has kept them at bay so far has been the high bar of competence for math and code. AI changes that, and depriving good people of powerful tools by restricting them to the hands of regulators means only the worst people will have them. Open sourcing everything to take away any moats they may have seems more urgent than ever.