In a recent essay, Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman warns against Anthropic’s push toward AI consciousness and potential model welfare, invoking long-standing fears of machine dominance. While the underlying questions are important, the moral outrage is pure hypocrisy. Leading AI at Microsoft is not about protecting humanity; it is about winning a high-stakes corporate race. If tech oligarchs like Suleyman, Altman, Thiel, or Musk genuinely cared about humanity, they would use their vast resources for clean drinking water and basic public welfare rather than hoarding wealth and power. Their sudden ethical panic over AI is nothing more than crocodile tears to defend their own corporate empires.
