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A Right Too Expensive to Exercise Isn't a Right
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The author argues that major AI labs are using safety regulations and API-only access to create a 'moat' that restricts user autonomy and open-source development. By lobbying for strict compute thresholds, these companies are effectively making local AI development legally and financially prohibitive.
Frontier labs are locking the strongest models behind metered APIs and lobbying that open weights are a security risk. Licenses won't stop that. Architecture might.
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