AI companies are spending millions to get the laws they want.

They're not trying to cure cancer, or save America.

These companies want to make $100 billion overnight, and they're willing to sponsor dangerous laws to make it happen. -----

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There’s definitely a gold rush vibe in AI right now — and not the good kind. It’s wild how quickly “open” AI research turned into billion-dollar lobbying and closed APIs.

As someone building a small project (stranger-meet.com), I constantly feel the tension between making something fun for humans vs. building something that can “scale” in the VC sense. The incentives are so different.

This video nails an important point: regulation isn’t just about safety — it’s about who gets to shape the future. Right now, it’s mostly the richest.