[fwlr]

Maybe I am too cynical, but this just sounds like a plea for the government to step in and save them from their investors.

[0xDEAFBEAD]

Investors want to see a return on their investment ASAP. The Economist recently published an article:

"AI revenues are growing fast, but not fast enough -- The returns on trillions of dollars of spending are deeply uncertain"

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/07/28/a...

As OP states: "each company—and country—is under intense competitive pressure not to unilaterally slow that acceleration."

Let's not overwrite human civilization for the sake of the shareholders.

[overfeed]

"Oh no! The AI we developed for years, and whose stratospheric valuation is predicated on replacing human jobs, is coming for our jobs, the government should do something!"

Signed,

AI researchers and engineers.