Comment by ForrestN
8 hours ago
I think this "Mythos" situation, whether real or hype, points to the endgame here. Eventually, when you have a model powerful enough to have big consequences in the world, you stop worrying about selling it to consumers and start either a) using it to rule the world or b) watch as it gets nationalized. If you have a machine powerful enough to automate everything, why sell access to it when you could just...be all things to all people? Use the god machine yourself to take over more and more of the economy?
I disagree. The point of the mythos hype is to get regulation to cut off competitors.
I disagree. The point of the mythos hype is to bump the IPO.
Didn't OAI just try that 18 months ago?
They'll all keep on trying it until it either totally fails or succeeds.
As people keep pointing out, the moat is insufficient to ward off international or domestic competitors.
So the answer is to try to seek regulatory capture.
> why sell access to it when you could just...be all things to all people?
Because, as OpenAI is learning [1], you still need to sell it. The tech giants have a seat at the table is mostly because they have distribution down.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/open-ai-consulting-accenture...
Sometimes selling services is just the best business model. Intuit has accounting software powerful enough to have big consequences in the world, yet they mostly sell it to accountants rather than doing the accounting themselves.