AI company existential threats + regulation requests are an appeal to help them stop burning cash before they fail their next funding round (without stopping the FOMO)🤑

AI companies' calls for regulation and concerns about existential threats are seen as an attempt to secure funding before their next round, as the current hype around AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is the primary factor sustaining them. The author suggests that investors may soon realize they've spent billions to marginally improve chatbots, questioning how long this "bubble" can last before a "down-round" or funding collapse occurs.

This post uniquely frames AI companies' calls for regulation and existential threat warnings as a strategy to secure funding, unlike typical analyses focusing on safety or ethics.