Noahpinion Deep Dive: Should We Artificially "Pace" AI Self-Improvement?
fiiiiiist · x · 2026-08-10
Noahpinion published a guest post by researchers from the Institute for Progress (IFP), exploring whether we should intentionally "pace" AI self-improvement (RSI).
The article warns that AI could be used to design superviruses within the next decade or two, posing an existential threat to human civilization. To buy time for better biosecurity and AI alignment, major AI labs are beginning to promote intentionally slowing down capability development. As the first part of a series, this post focuses on assessing the realistic threat level of RSI and whether it justifies slowing down frontier AI development.
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