AI slowdown looks unlikely even as OpenAI and Anthropic staff back pacing
iruletheworldmo · x · 2026-07-29
The post argues that AI labs are already deep into recursive self-improvement and that slowing progress may be impossible in practice.
- The author says many signatures for a slowdown came from OpenAI and Anthropic employees who are viscerally worried about what is coming.
- They argue benefits like disease curing can arrive before any pacing mechanism would matter.
- The post concludes that any slowdown would require broad coordination, which currently looks unlikely, especially if China and xAI do not buy in.
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