I moderately agree here but I still think the primary factor is centralization of the value chain. The more of the value chain is centralized, the easier it is to control. My guess we can make this argument more formalized by thinking of things in terms of a dependency graph—if we imagine the economic process from sand + energy → DL models then the important measure is the centrality of the hubs in this graph. If we can control and/or cut these hubs, then the entire DL ecosystem falls apart. Conveniently/unfortunately this is also where most of the economic profit is likely to be accumulating by standard industrial economic laws, and hence this is also where there will be the most resources resisting regulation.
I moderately agree here but I still think the primary factor is centralization of the value chain. The more of the value chain is centralized, the easier it is to control. My guess we can make this argument more formalized by thinking of things in terms of a dependency graph—if we imagine the economic process from sand + energy → DL models then the important measure is the centrality of the hubs in this graph. If we can control and/or cut these hubs, then the entire DL ecosystem falls apart. Conveniently/unfortunately this is also where most of the economic profit is likely to be accumulating by standard industrial economic laws, and hence this is also where there will be the most resources resisting regulation.