I feel like I’ve heard this argument yes, though when I read lots of Anthropic’s ‘race to the top’ language, it’s not quite that
Here’s an example that feels borderline to me:
Dario Amodei: “Where the world needs to get [is]… from “this technology doesn’t exist” to “the technology exists in a very powerful way and society has actually managed it.” And I think the only way that’s gonna happen is that if you have, at the level of a single company, and eventually at the level of the industry, you’re actually confronting those trade-offs. You have to find a way to actually be competitive, to actually lead the industry in some cases, and yet manage to do things safely. And if you can do that, the gravitational pull you exert is so great. There’s so many factors—from the regulatory environment, to the kinds of people who want to work at different places, to, even sometimes, the views of customers that kind of drive in the direction of: if you can show that you can do well on safety without sacrificing competitiveness—right—if you can find these kinds of win-wins, then others are incentivized to do the same thing.”
I feel like I’ve heard this argument yes, though when I read lots of Anthropic’s ‘race to the top’ language, it’s not quite that
Here’s an example that feels borderline to me:
I’ve written a semi-related piece before (https://www.clear-eyed.ai/p/dont-rely-on-a-race-to-the-top), but I think yours would be different enough that it could still make sense