Regulatory capture. Persuade governments that AI is so dangerous that it must be regulated, then help write those regulations to ensure no one else can follow you to the ladder.
That's half the point of OpenAI's game of pretending each new thing they make is too dangerous to release. It's half directed at investors to build hype, half at government officials to build fear.
That's half the point of OpenAI's game of pretending each new thing they make is too dangerous to release. It's half directed at investors to build hype, half at government officials to build fear.