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I think I missed the whole evil Microsoft bit in the 90s (a little too young), and while a lot of big tech has done a lot of harm since it hasn't felt so obviously, unashamedly evil.

Altman seems like the successor to Micro$oft to me. Every time I hear his name it's associated with some effort to regulate "ai" so his company can profit at the expense of humanity. It makes me so angry.

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I get that regulatory capture is a bad thing if done for the reason of creating a moat, but where is the evidence that creating a moat is the primary motivation here?

AI researchers aren’t close to a consensus on the potential for bad alignment outcomes, so isn’t it possible Altman is warning of something real?

That's fair in principle.

I think if this needs to be captured and controlled, it's unfair and unreasonable for it to be a high margin business (since the margins would stem in substantial part from a government granted monopoly).

I'm certain low margin stewardship isn't what Altman has in mind.

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