yes i also can't wrap my head around how a ceo of a billion dollar company isn't sincere in his public statements

Really? Even after saying this? "While Sam is calling for regulation of future models, he didn’t think existing models were dangerous and thought it would be a big mistake to regulate or ban them."

Why couldn’t that be true? E.g. even scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project (justifiably) had antipathy toward the much more powerful hydrogen bomb.

It’s possible to think squirt guns shouldn’t be regulated but AR-15s should, or AR-15s shouldn’t but cruise missiles should. Or driving at 25mph should be allowed but driving 125mph shouldn’t.

It was a tongue in cheek reaction.

Its just a way to lie that doesn't sound as much like a lie.