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AI labs misunderstand consumer desires

Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Blake E. Reid
“There's a budding revival of late-90s/early-2000s cyberlibertariansm (these ideas on open source AI, enshittification, etc.) that correctly diagnoses problems with concentrated corporate power and then doubles down on *the exact same* law/policy/politics of…” evidence ↗
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“There's a budding revival of late-90s/early-2000s cyberlibertariansm (these ideas on open source AI, enshittification, etc.) that correctly diagnoses problems with concentrated corporate power and then doubles down on *the exact same* law/policy/politics of…”

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Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“"Silicon Valley has become anti-capitalist." I like @timoreilly.bsky.social's framing here, and he makes the case really clearly in a way that I hope will resonate with a lot of the broader audience. www.wired.com/story/tech-v...”

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Blake E. Reid: There's a budding revival of late-90s/early-2000s cyberlibertariansm (these ideas on open source AI, enshittification, etc.) that correctly diagnoses problems with concentrated corporate power and …
Karl Bode: welcome back to bluesky mister reid
Blake E. Reid: TBF, an inverted version of the same dynamic is playing out in the progressive revival of antitrust, utility regulation, etc. and its disregard of authoritarianism.
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