TIME must have gotten a lot of clicks off of their Yudkowsky op ed. As always the answer isn't 'cool, let's regulate AI to limit its profitability, thus limiting AI development' but rather 'we should keep throwing money at it, just making sure we throw money at the right particular people.' Yudkowsky didn't want to bomb all data centers, just the ones that wouldn't comply with his regime. Similarly:

"We need research on AI safety to progress as quickly as research on improving AI capabilities. There aren’t many market incentives for this, so governments should offer robust funding as soon as possible."

I'm reminded of the tech ceo caricature in Don't Look Up who, when presented with an incoming asteroid ready to wipe out the earth, hatches a plan to profit from it.