Regulation as a barrier to competition catching up to them, as well as submarine marketing for both offensive and defensive uses of ai
"But sir, I only committed the murder to push for stronger criminal laws!"
Terrible defense.
It is a very rare occurrence when corporations and the people running them are punished for killing people. I mean the whole concept of a corporation was created to shield the owners of it from being liable for damages caused by / visited upon the enterprise.
That’s a good reminder of a company that might have a very familiar ethos: Pacific Gas & Electric. Criminally convicted of 64 counts of involuntary manslaughter after towns were destroyed by wildfire. But oh well, what are we gonna do with a limited liability enterprise? At this point their liability insurance covers all the financial penalties they’ll need to spend.
More like: "look what happens with my useful product, we need to regulate it to artificially extend our ever shrinking moat"