Ex-FTC official pushes back: law isn't the only force constraining corporate defection
neil_chilson · x · 2026-11-03
Responding to the critique that Anthropic's safety commitments lack an external leviathan, neilchilson (former FTC technology policy official) argues that regulation isn't the only force constraining defection or negative behavior—and that law isn't even the most common reason people act prosocially.
This is the core counterpoint in the debate, opposing the "external enforcement is required" position.
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