Because they don't yet know that it is a losing proposition?

> and if nobody does it, isn't your original assertion false?

False dichotomy, it isn't an all-or-nothing scenario like you present, it's the fact that there are enough cloners to make every race a race to the bottom in a matter of days.

> Any argument relying on everyone cloning things with LLMs doesn't work if everyone doesn't clone things with LLMs.

Only if you believe your false dichotomy.