The phony comforts of useful idiots - by Edward Ongweso Jr:

OpenAI (and other genAI firms) will have to go the Uber route to survive: use Smaugian hoards of capital to realize legal and political reforms that force markets, consumers, competitors, clients, and governments into forms that can accommodate previously illegal, unprofitable, unsustainable, and untenable business models.

Fantastic write-up all around.