a16z, OpenAI's Greg Brockman, and others launch Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC network with $100M+ in funding, hoping to emulate crypto PAC Fairshake
Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among those helping launch and fund Leading the Future
Wall Street Journal
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@bradrcarson
Brad Carson
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The battle has always been whether we can think clearly about the future and act on that thinking before the money comes in and makes the public interest irrelevant. This is what happened in social media. Not for the better.
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@deliprao
@deliprao
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Over the past years, the broader AI community has increasingly adopted crypto-like mores (memes, shitposts, hypeapalooza), so this is a logical next step.
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@luke_metro
@luke_metro
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our electricity bills are going up aren't they
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@ednewtonrex
Ed Newton-Rex
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Huge amounts of money are being spent lobbying to deregulate AI. This is because AI companies & VCs know the public overwhelmingly supports AI regulation. Politicians must resist the money and side with the public. https://www.wsj.com/... [image]
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@danfaggella
Daniel Faggella
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i don't think everyone who takes agi risk seriously should entirely lament this 1 - for agi gov to stick it seems likely it would have to be international coordination in some way 2 - “avoiding a patchwork of state laws” seems good doens't sound entirely reckless imo
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@peterwildeford
Peter Wildeford
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“Obviously we'd aggressively support all regulation” Obviously [image]
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@shakeelhashim
Shakeel
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Mask off moment for OpenAI, really
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@schwartzbwsj
Brian Schwartz
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NEW: Silicon Valley is putting more than $100 million into a network of PACs and organizations to advocate against strict artificial-intelligence regulations. It's the first AI political network set to make waves in 2026 midterms. W/ @AmrithRamkumar https://www.wsj.com/...
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@seanokane
Sean O'Kane
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imagine spending money on literally anything else that directly helps people instead of an unproven intermediate technology that maybe someday might effect the same change but enriches a certain group of people nonetheless even if it fails. couldn't be silicon valley! [embedded…
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
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“Silicon Valley is putting more than $100 million into a network of political-action committees and organizations to advocate against strict artificial-intelligence regulations, a signal that tech executives will be active in next year's midterm elections.” [embedded post]
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@jjvincent
James Vincent
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A Silicon Valley network of super-PACs has raised $100 million to “advocate against strict artificial-intelligence regulations.” — amazing how AI — despite not yet living up to its technical promises — is beginning to dominate US politics and the economy — www.wsj.com/politic…