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Sean Davis

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CEO and co-founder of The Federalist.

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Statements by Sean Davis

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Sean Davis

Role at the time: CEO and co-founder, The Federalist

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Statement summary

Federalist co-founder Sean Davis questioned Dario Amodei's sincerity in proposing a "pacing" approach to AI development, calling it "a classic case of regulatory capture."

“I am going to doubt that guy's sincerity... this is a classic case of regulatory capture.”
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Why we used this label

Davis does not dispute the technical premise of Amodei's pacing proposal directly but questions his sincerity and frames it as regulatory capture, challenging the characterization of the proposal as a genuine safety measure rather than defending or condemning Anthropic's conduct outright.

Read statementIs Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?

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