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  "channel_slug": "LocalLLaMA",
  "channel_handle": "r/LocalLLaMA",
  "title": "If Frontier AI is so Dangerous, Why should private companies be allowed to develop it?",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1uvll20/if_frontier_ai_is_so_dangerous_why_should_private/",
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  "upload_date": "20260713",
  "published_at": "2026-07-13T19:29:54+00:00",
  "transcript": "There's a push by openAI and anthropic primarily. Well more than a push just straight fear mongering about open source ai and its dangers. If it's so dangerous why would the US gov. in particular continue to allow private industry to develop and release.\n\nIf I had a company OpenNuke and started making bomb I'm pretty sure that would get shutdown. Or maybe OpenGene is a better analogy. Human embryo augmentation could technically be done but it's not allowed.\n\nTech companies should not be allowed to have it both ways.  Either it's too dangerous to develop period, including anthropic, openai, etc.  Or It's not and they just have to deal with the fact that the technology moat they assumed they had doesn't exist and they should compete in other ways.\n\nAttempting to Fear monger open models out of existence to prevent a colapse of business value is reprehensible. Especially considering all of humanities data copywrite or not was used for training, that just adds a special kinda F'd up to the whole thing.\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[70 upvotes] It isn't dangerous.\n\nYou are just falling for marketting and propaganda push by companies like Anthropic. \n\nIt is a rent seeking behavior and it is a bid for https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/regulatory-capture.asp\n\nBy having AI companies highly regulated they can reduce competition and protect profits.  \n\nEver heard the term \"Too big to fail\"?\n\nThis sort of thing is how companies get there.\n\n[30 upvotes] Because, shockingly, frontier AI is not dangerous. CEOs in charge of some of these companies are dangerous.\n\n[19 upvotes] Because it is a lie. Cars are used by terrorists, should we stop making cars? Being able to use a car is huge unlock for anyone, including malicious actors!\n\n[8 upvotes] I don't think you understand how things work in the United States. Many US politicians are for sale. It's really just open corruption. Because of that, nobody cares what you want or what the people want. What matters is what the ruling class wants. Do a little research on the citizens united decision that opened the door for all this. ",
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