Alternately you could criticise their arguments instead of the people, and suggest an alternative.
I'm also not entirely certain that influencing public policy is something that is inherently bad. I know if I were deaf, I would like to have some influence on public policy about deafness issues.
Why is OpenAI not a nonprofit anymore?
You are arguing the opposite, that we should judge by what they say and not what they do?
To judge the people is to pretend you know why they did or said something.