Can’t disagree in principle, but of course, the article is pretty idealistic.

Yes, the tech bros want everyone talking about how dangerous AI is so regulations are made to solidify their ownership of what is probably the greatest heist against humanity the world has ever known.

The course of action a lawful and ethical government would take is to shut them down, put the thieves in prison, and demand all of the collected data be deleted since it was taken unlawfully. Of course, we all know that will never happen.

The data is also not going to be forcefully publicized. Even if the dataset were leaked, the sheer size makes it impractical to store and distribute.

Best we can realistically expect is what Chinese companies are already doing where they are opening the weights while keeping their stolen datasets private and under their own control. Not the best option, but at least it does distribute the control the oligarch would otherwise have over the tech. The Chinese companies aren’t publicizing the means of production (their stolen datasets), but they’re at least incrementally less capitalistic than their American counterparts.