Microsoft Researcher John Langford Exits. AI Frontiers Group Declared Finished

Re:Microsoft Researcher John Langford Exits. AI Frontiers Gr... by eurieidd on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:22PM (#50407201)

There’s actually a bizarre irony.

Remember Bell labs, XEROX parc? Ask yourself why that existed and why research came out of them.

Monopoly.

So - many people don’t want to admit this but monopolies can be good from an R&D perspective, but without strong oversight by regulators - money will instead spent on R&D projects that specifically raise entry barriers.

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Re:Microsoft Researcher John Langford Exits. AI Frontiers Gr... by soulofmischief on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:43PM (#50407401)

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Re:Microsoft Researcher John Langford Exits. AI Frontiers Gr... by jyrkesh on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:25PM (#50407734)

> Anyway, you cannot have both monopolies and strong regulators...

> Monopolies occur because regulation doesn't exist or is captured.

IMO, the stronger the regulator, the stronger the incentive to capture it.

Unless by "strong" you mean "competent"?

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Re:Microsoft Researcher John Langford Exits. AI Frontiers Gr... by soulofmischief on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:20PM (#50409363)

I meant competent, but regulator strength in the way you're implying at its limit becomes monopolistic itself. So when I speak of regulation strength with respect to monopoly, I am speaking to the ability of a regulator to effectively both understand their duty and carry it out.

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