The only moat is in datacenters. The software has no moat, since 1) it's already trained on stolen data, and 2) someone with access to AI will be able to reverse engineer a proprietary implementation eventually, the same AI is being used for developing AI.
That's why so many talks about regulations. Regulations means: ban outside competition, just like US bans Chinese EVs today.
> Imagine the horror of the USSR, or Mao's China, or Jong Un having this technology.
The irony of this comment, while social media and AI are being weaponized right now in elections all over the world for political alignment with the MAGA kleptocracy.
These lessons made sense for users born before personal computers, but it's debatable if these lessons are transferable to so called "digital native" users.
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