AI provides a structural advantage to those in power by automating government systems. This allows leaders to bypass the traditional unwieldiness of human bureaucracy, making it trivial for an executive to change AI parameters and instantly exert their will across all levels of government, thereby concentrating power.

The narrative of AI doom isn't just organic panic. It's being leveraged by established players who are actively seeking "regulatory capture." They aim to create a cartel that chokes off innovation from startups right from the start.

The US President's move to centralize AI regulation over individual states is likely a response to lobbying from major tech companies. They need a stable, nationwide framework to protect their massive capital expenditures on data centers. A patchwork of state laws creates uncertainty and the risk of being forced into costly relocations.

Leading AI companies allegedly stoke fears of existential risk not for safety, but as a deliberate strategy to achieve regulatory capture. By promoting scary narratives, they advocate for complex pre-approval systems that would create insurmountable barriers for new startups, cementing their own market dominance.

The President's AI executive order aims to create a unified, industry-friendly regulatory environment. A key component is an "AI litigation task force" designed to challenge and preempt the growing number of state-level AI laws, centralizing control at the federal level and sidelining local governance.

The administration's executive order to block state-level AI laws is not about creating a unified federal policy. Instead, it's a strategic move to eliminate all regulation entirely, providing a free pass for major tech companies to operate without oversight under the guise of promoting U.S. innovation and dominance.

The fear of killer AI is misplaced. The more pressing danger is that a few large companies will use regulation to create a cartel, stifling innovation and competition—a historical pattern seen in major US industries like defense and banking.

The push for AI regulation combines two groups: "Baptists" who genuinely fear its societal impact and call for controls, and "Bootleggers" (incumbent corporations) who cynically use that moral panic to push for regulations that create a government-protected, highly profitable cartel for themselves.

Advocating for a single national AI policy is often a strategic move by tech lobbyists and friendly politicians to preempt and invalidate stricter regulations emerging at the state level. Under the guise of creating a unified standard, this approach effectively ensures the actual policy is weak or non-existent, allowing the industry to operate with minimal oversight.