A lot of what Amodei is saying here is true. That's why I and many other people who are concerned about AI safety have historically given Anthropic the benefit of the doubt; they really have sent some costly signals indicating that at least some of their decision makers care about mitigating catastrophic risks. But the object-level issue here is "is Anthropic's bill good, or even acceptable?" Amodei isn't really engaging with that question. That's fine; he's a very busy and important guy,…