Pluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026)

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How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses: If you can't impose switching costs, just eliminate the competition.
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The AI bubble isn't like the internet bubble: No one had to force-feed the web to workers.
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Trump's FCC abandons the future: Starlink is a technology that gets worse every time it acquires a customer.
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