I see it more as a mix of grandiose promotion (to investors) and and vague empty promise (to everyone else.)

"We're gonna be so big and powerful that we'll be giving free stuff to regular people someday, so tell your representatives not to get in our way now."

He is saying that while holding Worldcoin as THE solution behind his back. He hopes to show it when the time comes.

I’m quite sure he knows that this is exactly what he’s arguing for and would like his AI company to be one of the main regulated providers

He will be perfectly happy when his friends crown him the AI czar

He's not that stupid, he's just gaslighting people.