Bezos actively advocates for riding the wave of trends in his Lex Fridman interview. I think if you can leverage external factors to get traction and act as a tailwind for your work, then why not take advantage of that?
That sounds like a 'end justifies the means' sort of argument; certainly one that explains a lot of Jeff Bezos's business choices, but a rather objectionable stance ethically.
If parent poster considers the general development or use of AI to be in any way harmful, then riding the hype train to fund/promote worthy goals doesn't absolve them of culpability under conventionally-held morality! However, if parent simply considers AI to be morally neutral, no harm is caused by profiting from it, whether for altruistic purposes or selfish ones.
If parent poster considers the general development or use of AI to be in any way harmful, then riding the hype train to fund/promote worthy goals doesn't absolve them of culpability under conventionally-held morality! However, if parent simply considers AI to be morally neutral, no harm is caused by profiting from it, whether for altruistic purposes or selfish ones.