My rough impression is that there are indeed some “AI safety” orgs that operate in the way you describe, where they are focused more on promoting US hegemony and less on preventing AI from killing everyone.* But CAIS is more on the notkilleveryoneism side of things.
*from what I’ve seen, the biggest offenders are CSET, Horizon Institute, and Fathom
My rough impression is that there are indeed some “AI safety” orgs that operate in the way you describe, where they are focused more on promoting US hegemony and less on preventing AI from killing everyone.* But CAIS is more on the notkilleveryoneism side of things.
*from what I’ve seen, the biggest offenders are CSET, Horizon Institute, and Fathom