AI Regulation Will Help Big Tech and Kill Startups
Mike Smith
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The Take
Every AI regulation proposed so far disproportionately burdens startups with compliance costs that Big Tech can absorb easily. Regulation is a moat, and incumbents love moats.
+Why I'm Right
EU AI Act compliance costs millions — pocket change for Google, lethal for startups
Regulatory complexity favors companies with legal departments
Big Tech lobbies FOR regulation they can comply with and competitors can't
History: financial regulation after 2008 killed community banks, not JPMorgan
?The Counter-Argument
“Some regulation is necessary to prevent genuine harm. The answer isn't no regulation — it's smart regulation that uses outcome-based standards instead of process-based requirements.”
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