perhaps the bigger issue is not the tech, but the force that propels it forward with little concern for the harm it inflicts. Amodei's own words:

> A race to the bottom, spurred by commercial incentives

Social media and big data minted a new scale of "race to the bottom". AI is an exponential step up in the tools for extracting value at scale.

Greed has been around since the beginning, but never so well supported and empowered as it is today.

If Amodei is still human, perhaps he will put his money where his mouth is and attack the source of the perverse incentive. Winning the battle is not the point. The point is to signal to policy-makers and the public that we should not assume corporate revenue-seeking preempts all.

Then again, Anthropic has a board and an upcoming IPO, so guess who's all talk and no meaningful action...