Anthropic backs petition to pace frontier AI development after recursive self-improvement study
basedjensen · x · 2026-07-29
- The post quotes Anthropic’s public support for a petition urging the frontier of AI development to be paced deliberately so society can prepare.
- Anthropic says its own research on recursive self-improvement, published last month, supports the need for deliberate pacing.
- The poster frames the debate sarcastically, but the substantive content is Anthropic’s alignment with the petition and the broader argument around delaying ASI progress.
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