The Obvious Objection to Amodei's Slowdown Plan: Who Defends Us If Rivals Speed Up?
BecauseCulture · x · 2026-09-12
Responding to Dario Amodei's essay calling on the AI industry to slow down, user BecauseCulture raised the classic competitive dilemma: if we slow down while others keep going, how do our agents defend us against their agents? A concise challenge that captures the core game-theoretic weakness of any unilateral slowdown proposal.
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