Is the AI safety debate about safety or control?

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposes slowing AI development through international government collaboration, a plan supported by Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Conversely, Mark Zuckerberg argues that market incentives and internal safety measures, such as Meta’s delayed release of Muse, render government oversight unnecessary. Major firms are now pursuing a private, self-regulatory standards organization.