Boaz Barak backs AI slowdown stance, drawing flak over newcomer credentials
deanwball · x · 2026-09-11
Boaz Barak, Harvard professor and former OpenAI researcher, boosted a call for slowing AI development, saying the position aligns with "our chief scientist's essay" and adding — personally — that "some pacing is likely to be necessary."
The quoted post, however, mocked the speaker's credentials: she graduated undergrad last spring and was an OpenAI intern until September, yet is now racking up a million views urging concern about the pace of development — epitomizing the AI community's debate over newcomer voices in the safety slowdown camp.
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