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Because they're coming from people who are quite detached from reality in other aspects of life and they have been affiliated with people who have rug-pulled as a tactic in in the past (like Uber and Airbnb).

The concerns could be real but these AI CEOs are simply trying to capture the mindshare of the solution IMHO.

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One does not simply try to capture mindshare when you are trying to pull off a IPO at a value of 2 trillion.

Any other time sure, but not in this window. The IPO window for them is fragile.

You're assuming rationality when we're in an era where there are plenty of examples of deranged behavior from CEOs and other executives.

You do realize that IPO is not the only play, right?

METR is a perfect play to allow these AI corps to fund a lobby and position it as the authority of AI safety that's completely dependent on the success of these AI companies.

IPO will come but dependence is the real goal here. That's always been the VC playbook.

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