Meme mocks Dario's 'pace the frontier' pitch: Sam and Elon agree, China laughs
markjeffrey · x · 2026-09-13
A viral meme by DrEliDavid contrasts Dario Amodei's call to "pace the frontier" with Sam Altman and Elon Musk's apparent agreement — while China, unconstrained, is portrayed as laughing all the way to the frontier, mocking the feasibility of slowdown pledges in a competitive race.
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