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by crispyambulance 4 days ago

  > They were asking for regulation.
That's what they said, but were they, really?

I've heard others call it a marketing ploy that AI companies keep coming back to-- the idea that "it's soooo dangerous, we have to be careful".

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> That's what they said, but were they, really?

Yes, most likely, but not in this form, obviously. They want open weight models regulated for regulatory capture, and I'd assume they want an actually documented framework applied equally across all labs.

If GPT5.5 has the same capabilities Fable did, then for consistency sake, it should have also been subject to this ban.

Regulate or not regulate, but the government should not pick winners and losers.

  > Regulate or not regulate, but the government should not pick winners and losers.
Indeed, it has been very clear since Jan 20 2025 that our executive branch of government is not a rational actor. I don't expect them to make the right decision about anything.
I can't see into their heads, and I also don't think it matters whether they were making a good-faith argument or lying through their teeth. The fact remains that what is currently happening is not what Anthropic asked for.
When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers