What do people really think about Demis Hassabis' latest essay? Am I the only one who thinks it reads like corposlop and feels out of character for a Nobel laureate?

TL;DR: I expected a nuanced essay from Demis, but this felt more like Google corporate strategy. It abandons his earlier vision of global AI governance in favor of a US-led coalition, raises unanswered questions about corporate power and open source, and sounds remarkably similar to positions Dario Amodei gets criticized for. Surprisingly all major AI CEOs endorse this. I consider myself very pro-AI and I've generally respected Demis more than most AI lab CEOs. That's why this essay left me with mixed feelings. Maybe I'm missing something, but parts of it read like a mix of corporate messaging and techno-messianism. What surprised me even more was the geopolitical framing. For years, Demis talked about the need for a truly international, CERN-like institution to govern frontier AI. In this essay, he advocated for a US-led coalition of allies. The timing also feels interesting. This comes just days after the AI 2040 report. What's also striking is how almost instantly much consensus there is among AI leaders on this issue. Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Mustafa Suleyman, Elon Musk, Jack Clark and even Ashton Kutcher, have supported it. That raises a question for me: why does Dario receive so much criticism for advocating this same position, while Demis gets a much more favorable reaction? I personally find Dario annoying, but this is essentially what Dario wants too?? A few potential blind spots I noticed: Demis's essay assumes that democratic countries will remain aligned on AI governance It places a lot of faith in frontier labs acting responsibly, despite the obvious commercial incentives and competitive pressures they face It focuses heavily on geopolitical competition, but spends relatively little time on concentration of power within a handful of companies - they all seem to agree on this, are they forming a cartel? lol It argues for international cooperation while simultaneously advocating a coalition that excludes one of the world's leading AI powers. Completely ignore China. It doesn't really address what happens if open-source models continue closing the capability gap. Can compute controls and export restrictions realistically contain that? I like Demis but there's a lot of sensationalism too, liek "Standing in the foothills of the singularity.", "We've essentially found a way to make sand think. It's miraculous.", "10x the Industrial Revolution at 10x the speed.", "Precious window" etc.