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# Brian Roemmele: "I tried to warn ya" — Follow-Up Warning on Open-Source AI Criminalization

**Geteilt von:** Pit Weber in OME-Gruppe Topic "Krallenpolitik" (Topic 1774), 2026-06-28

## Source: X Post

**Author:** Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele)
**Posted:** 2026-06-28
**URL:** https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/2071272890952032295

## Content

> "I tried to warn ya.
> When everyone was fawning over the latest greatest AI models, some of us knew the game they were playing
> Don't hear me now?"

### Referenced Earlier Post (September 2024)

Roemmele references his earlier warning post (ID: 1839714657717891560) from September 2024:

> "Coming soon to a country near you. YES YOUR COUNTRY. Free and Open Source AI that you own is no longer tolerated. It is illegal. DO YOU HEAR ME NOW? OWN YOUR OWN AI OR IT WILL OWN YOU."

### Context

This post is a direct follow-up to Roemmele's ReDS video post (2026-06-28, https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/2071238497483297138) from earlier the same day. Where the ReDS post introduced the conceptual framework (Resilient Decentralized Swarm vs. Amodei's centralization), this follow-up post is retrospective: "I tried to warn ya" — positioning his September 2024 warning as prophetic, now vindicated by the events of June 2026 (Anthropic export controls, open-source AI criminalization trends).

The message structure:
1. **"I tried to warn ya"** — retrospective vindication
2. **"When everyone was fawning over the latest greatest AI models"** — critique of hype-driven complacency
3. **"some of us knew the game they were playing"** — claims insider awareness of regulatory capture strategy
4. **"Don't hear me now?"** — echo of the 2024 "DO YOU HEAR ME NOW?" — rhetorical escalation

### Engagement

| Metrik | Wert |
|--------|------|
| Likes | 231 |
| Reposts | 31 |
| Replies | 10 |
| Bookmarks | 35 |
| Views | 17,038 |

## Key Points

1. **Vindicative Retrospective:** Roemmele positions his September 2024 warning as prophetic — the criminalization of open-source AI that he predicted is now materializing
2. **"Own your own AI or it will own you":** The central slogan from 2024 remains the core message — ownership of AI models as sovereignty issue
3. **Hype Critique:** "Fawning over the latest greatest AI models" — critique of the AI community's complicity through distraction by benchmark hype
4. **Regulatory Capture as "Game":** "The game they were playing" implies a deliberate, coordinated strategy by frontier labs (particularly Anthropic/Amodei) to use regulation to eliminate open-source competition
5. **Escalation Pattern:** From "DO YOU HEAR ME NOW?" (2024, ALL CAPS) to "Don't hear me now?" (2026, quieter but sharper) — rhetorical shift from alarm to grim vindication

## Narrative Arc: September 2024 → June 2026

| Datum | Post | Tone | Message |
|-------|------|------|---------|
| 2024-09 | [1839714657717891560](https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1839714657717891560) | Alarm (ALL CAPS) | "Coming soon to a country near you. Free and Open Source AI is no longer tolerated. OWN YOUR OWN AI OR IT WILL OWN YOU." |
| 2026-06-28 | [2071238497483297138](https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/2071238497483297138) | Angriff (~54s video) | ReDS-Konzept: Amodei als "communist stooge", dezentraler Schwarm als Gegenmodell |
| 2026-06-28 | [2071272890952032295](https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/2071272890952032295) | Grim vindication | "I tried to warn ya. Don't hear me now?" — September 2024 als Prophetie bestätigt |

## Cross-References

- [[../../wiki/people/brian-roemmele.md]] — Roemmele's Profil und alle X-Posts im Wiki
- [[../../wiki/concepts/llm/reds-resilient-decentralized-swarm.md]] — ReDS-Konzept (Resilient Decentralized Swarm)
- [[../../wiki/concepts/policy/ai-regulation-2026.md]] — Regulatorischer Kontext (Exportkontrollen, Open-Source-Kriminalisierung)
- [[../../wiki/concepts/llm/decentralized-ai-counterpower.md]] — Dezentrale KI als Gegenmacht (OME21)
- [[../../wiki/concepts/llm/ai-psychological-testing.md]] — Roemmele's psychologische KI-Tests