2023: AI's Breakthrough Year Marred by Growing Pains and Power Struggles
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2023 was a breakthrough year for AI, but also led to fragmentation into tribes with differing views (accelerationists, doomers, regulators)
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AI industry is primed for concentration due to companies already owning key inputs like data, talent, compute power
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Regulations may inadvertently consolidate power further by disadvantaging smaller companies with compliance burdens
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Potential solutions include encouraging competition via open source models, niche models, and infrastructure rivals
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Policymakers can negotiate deals for public interest like compulsory licensing of IP or public investment in exchange for private sector retention of AI innovations