Yes, duh?

Your "theory" is that participants locked in a race to the bottom are looking for an external coordination mechanism?

Yeah!

That doesn't mean that AI safety isn't a serious thing and a problem we should be worried about.

lol

I suppose ill add that I think theres a good chance that they are somewhat intentionally trying to "draw the foul" to get the referees to intervene although thats creeping slightly into conspiracy territory