New comment by socialsecurrty in "U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6"

socialsecurrty — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:59:55 +0000

Of course. The US government inserts itself into commerce, starts picking winners and losers, and thus creates an industry for petitioning gatekeepers at all levels for access. The goodfellas profit and the public pays. OpenAI and company get manufactured scarcity to raise margins, and lawmakers get to collect an entry fee. This was doomed to happen. The US is much closer to a total state than most give it credit for.

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New comment by socialsecurrty in "U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6"