alt Hacker NewsCalling for a slowdown backs up the idea that these are extremely powerful and dangerous.
Assuming they're concerned with their massive pile of liabilities as well, asking for a government mandated slow down is asking what could likely be used as a force majeure.
>liabilities
"Every single senator seemed to think it was obvious we needed both much harsher liability regimes for AI developers and also new legislation, both very quickly. This was the complete consensus; the difference basically being degree."
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/the-ai-preference-cascade-reac...
Again, these galaxy-brained theories just don't make a lot of sense.