"Pacing the Frontier" Means Slowing for Safety, Not Stopping AI
Multiple authors clarify that "pacing the frontier," as voiced by Dario, Sam and Elon, does not mean stopping AI. Rather, the pace of progress itself is becoming a risk: fierce competition leaves labs no room to properly test and verify the safety of next-generation models.
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- 'Pacing the frontier' isn't stopping AI — the speed of progress itself is becoming the risk — flavioAd · 2026-09-13
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