Comment by ben_w

> Start making managers pay the price for their actions, and watch how the models magically slow down on their own.

The problem here can be personified as "Trump", and it's the same problem that applies to coal.

Coal has a price besides money. It has historically been dangerous work, killing miners. It produces dangerous waste, both during mining and when burned, both as solid residue and the gasses emitted. The problems have been known for a long time. The workers themselves have called for better safety requirements and gone on strike for such things.

Why these companies are allowed to damage others with impunity?

Coal continues to be burned, because power is power. It's so important that sometimes the government steps in against the unions, rather than being on their side. Despite calls for this, we've not been able to get the owners of the coal mines, nor the coal burners, to "pay the price for their actions".

AI? Famously, knowledge is power.

Trump wants that power. He's not the only one, but he is the avatar of those who put their feet on the scales to not only allow but in some cases require (DoD vs. Anthropic) these companies to damage others with impunity.