Martin Seeger on Nostr: My conclusion is blunt: the unchecked race of ever larger, privately controlled ...

My conclusion is blunt: the unchecked race of ever larger, privately controlled training bets has to stop. I do not mean research, every new model, or the use of LLMs. I mean that this cannot continue as normal.

OpenAI and Anthropic appear to recognize at least part of the problem. Some industry leaders have called for pacing the frontier; OpenAI says it would slow or stop when risks cannot be sufficiently safeguarded.

But they are riding a tiger, and tigers are unhelpful when asked for safe dismounting instructions. Slowing threatens valuation, funding, talent, market position, and the story justifying infrastructure commitments. Continuing deepens the dependencies.

I see no credible off-ramp. If the companies cannot find one, politics and society must build it from outside. The brake cannot depend on the riders alone. We need public rules, coordination, transparency, and a way to absorb the economic consequences.

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