First, easy: there is money to be made, so why not try it ?
Second, more elaborated: AI is god on earth (we know that for certain: it has been said); AI will replace all humans in the next 6 month, since 2023; AI somehow sucks (today); Ergo, and this is very logical and the only conclusion, shared by all sane people: "they" are undermining us to rob us from delegating our work to AI (for free, because it costs nothing, and never does); Shame on "them" !
However, the Trump administration shot down this idea, with the president himself saying, “AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX.”
A coordinated slowdown is anticompetitive because it allows them to reduce their R&D spending without risking their market share, letting them pocket more of the profits.
Each AI company is currently spending $100B+ on R&D every year to beat each other's latest model. By agreeing to slow down model releases, they will be able to cut this spending, allowing them to make bucketloads of money from the models they already have.
The consumer is harmed because they miss out on better models that would have been developed in a properly competitive market.
But that lets companies that aren't colluding to catch up technologically and maybe sell their services for a lower cost. How is that anti-competitive?
What?
Multiple theories, pick one
First, easy: there is money to be made, so why not try it ?
Second, more elaborated: AI is god on earth (we know that for certain: it has been said); AI will replace all humans in the next 6 month, since 2023; AI somehow sucks (today); Ergo, and this is very logical and the only conclusion, shared by all sane people: "they" are undermining us to rob us from delegating our work to AI (for free, because it costs nothing, and never does); Shame on "them" !
"A single firm is behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta hacking scandals"
https://www.effort.news/irregular
However, the Trump administration shot down this idea, with the president himself saying, “AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX.”
Wise words as always Mr President.
This but unironically, he was absolutely right here. "Pacing the frontier" never made any sense in the first place.
Ok, here's the argument, as best I can tell:
A coordinated slowdown is anticompetitive because it allows them to reduce their R&D spending without risking their market share, letting them pocket more of the profits.
Each AI company is currently spending $100B+ on R&D every year to beat each other's latest model. By agreeing to slow down model releases, they will be able to cut this spending, allowing them to make bucketloads of money from the models they already have.
The consumer is harmed because they miss out on better models that would have been developed in a properly competitive market.
But that lets companies that aren't colluding to catch up technologically and maybe sell their services for a lower cost. How is that anti-competitive?
This is the way the justice system should work.
Now please, go after every FAANG company.