It is not solely or even primarily the big AI labs that would need to prepare. They have a better idea of what’s coming, and they’re positioned to benefit from it.

It is governments, big companies, and individuals who could all experience fundamental changes if any of these predictions come true. If people within the labs believe these possibilities are around the corner, it would be responsible to try to let people know so they can be more ready if RSI suddenly hits and in a couple years time all our work is fundamentally changed.

That’s not to say I agree with their predictions, but rather I’m just saying that there are good reasons for Anthropic to publish stuff like this that are not just PR.