It's telling investors "this is so powerful we could take over the world, better give us your capital."

It's telling governments, "this is so powerful it could cause grave harm to the consumer, please regulate so we can focus on extracting value from the economy instead of this expensive arms race."

I warrant it is quite possible that some in this space are worried they will overshoot the mark. The perfect outcome for them, of course, being fabulous wealth and a society that is otherwise not too much different from today's. What a shame it would be to be super rich and dead!

It does kind of feel like they are trying to ransom the future of humanity. These rogue AI stories are like getting a dismembered finger in the mail.