Lab leaders are probably trying mostly to maximize the value of their company, not the value of the world in my view. (Doesn’t mean they give zero weight to moral considerations.) Also, if the US government realizes that they are reasoning along the lines of “let’s slow down development because it doesn’t matter if the US beats China”, the US government will probably find ways to stop them being lab leaders.
Lab leaders are probably trying mostly to maximize the value of their company, not the value of the world in my view. (Doesn’t mean they give zero weight to moral considerations.) Also, if the US government realizes that they are reasoning along the lines of “let’s slow down development because it doesn’t matter if the US beats China”, the US government will probably find ways to stop them being lab leaders.