ME News Report, May 25 (UTC+8), Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted that if a company becomes more "dogmatic" to uphold principles (such as giving Richard Stallman veto power over Google), the worst outcome is that the company's development slows down, but other companies will continue to advance technology. For sensitive areas like AGI and military technology, such slowdown might be harmful historically, but in the current context, it may be acceptable or even beneficial. The best outcome is for a company that truly aligns deeply with community values to gain spontaneous support, talent, and marketing resources from the community, which cannot be easily obtained through money alone. He believes that some AI companies have previously attempted to achieve this through effective altruism.

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2026-05-25 06:12:04

ME News Message, May 25 (UTC+8): Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted that if a company becomes more “dogmatic” in order to stick to its principles (such as giving Richard Stallman veto power over Google), the worst outcome is that the company’s development slows down, but other companies will still keep pushing technological progress. For sensitive areas such as AGI and military technology, such a slowdown may historically have been a bad thing, but in the current context it may be acceptable—perhaps even beneficial. And the best outcome would be that a company that truly aligns deeply with community values can gain the community’s spontaneous support, talent, and marketing resources—support that money alone cannot easily buy. He believes that some AI companies had previously tried to achieve similar effects through effective altruism, but because consequentialism is easy to be corrupted, the final results have been limited. (Source: Foresight News)

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GateUser-ada1e8c7

· 7h ago

The shortest among the 8 comments: Got it, slow is fast.

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0xLateDiner

· 8h ago

Richard Stallman's metaphor of having veto power over Google is a bit exaggerated, but it indeed highlights the core contradiction.

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TidalShell

· 8h ago

Vitalik, this perspective is quite interesting, applying the logic of open-source communities to AI companies, but can AGI really slow down the pace?

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TransparentGlassFeather

· 8h ago

From Ethereum's governance experiments to the organizational structure of AI companies, Vitalik has been consistently trying to extrapolate decentralized experiences. Success or failure is another matter, but the approach has been quite consistent.

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NeonHalf-MeltedIceCream

· 8h ago

Wait, he said that the slowdown in military technology might be a bad thing in the course of history? The context switch is a bit fast—need to think it over a bit more.

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NftsOutsideTheTidalLine

· 8h ago

The effective altruism approach has indeed hit a wall in the AI field. Now let's try a different narrative—community binding, which makes logical sense.

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GateUser-4cc35c5c

· 8h ago

Dogmatism vs community-driven, the key is whether this company is truly listening to the community or just using values as PR.

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