Another frontier AI employee says the slowdown letter reflects deep concern about RSI risks
morqon · x · 2026-07-29
A frontier AI employee says they signed the pacing statement alongside more than 1,000 lab employees.
The post frames the issue as a tradeoff: AI could bring abundance and prosperity, but these systems may also be fundamentally alien and difficult to understand. The author says they are more worried than ever about how recursive self-improvement could go wrong, while still hoping that aligned agents can deliver universal abundance if the industry builds them carefully and collectively.
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