I think the main argument was "intentionally commit economic suicide to slow the development of dangerous AI."

(That being said, Chinese labs are releasing weights, so I'm not sure how the economics actually work.)

> The big companies can afford the compliance teams and lawyers to keep up, and each new requirement makes it harder for anyone else to catch them

It also takes a lot to do anything with a 1T+ parameter model. Arguably there is still an immense capital moat. So I'm not sure it would even have the effect the author intends.