AI safety allows AI companies to tell governments and worried people to not worry too much while they plow ahead doing what they want. That’s not to say there is nobody at these companies actually being responsible but having to open up your company to the equivalent of nuclear watchdogs is not something companies would be excited about. Just like nuclear weapons and nuclear energy we benefit from the tech as well as get greatly exposed to a huge disaster.. so let’s just call it as it is.. somebody is going to open Pandora’s box, we should be thinking super hard about how to control it and if it’s possible.. otherwise trying to ban it—is that even a possibility?