Simplest explanation isn’t that they are attempting this well-documented, well-understood corporate tactic? Because believing AI doom is simpler?

God complex would be a pretty simple explanation.

Regulatory capture isn’t an “elaborate ruse.” For god’s sake, its Wikipedia page is 19 years old. I am not asking you to study political science or read Foucault.

If you are going to invoke Occam’s Razor, you can’t ignore the simplest explanation, which has a 19 year old entry on Wikipedia and over 100 years old historical precedence.