AI safety researcher: warning shots have changed the game on coordinated AI slowdowns
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-07
AI safety researcher Jeff Ladish argues that many people are still running on cached takes about how unlikely coordinated domestic or international slowdowns or pauses in AI development are, and that recent warning shots have changed the game enough that those opinions deserve a reset. The post doesn't detail specific events, but signals that accumulating real incidents are making coordinated slowdown discussions newly plausible.
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