BREAKING
AI Giants Likened to East India Co
The Core Parallel
East India Co
1600
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Private firm that ruled an empire
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Could mint currency and wage war
AI Giants
Today
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Control foundation models and compute
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Expanding sway over states
0
B
$ per 1GW center
0
T
$ at 20-30GW
0
T
$ at AGI class
Scale Then vs Now
East India Co peak
7.4
AI at AGI class
8
A Contested Comparison
Alarm
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Erosion of national sovereignty
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Data and model dependence
Pushback
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No military force used
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Comparison seen as overstated
Who Should Govern AI?
AI NEWS BLITZ
A Bloomberg op-ed compares today's biggest AI firms to the British East India Company.