Developer calls frontier AI pacing "performative" — but everyone still plays along
prateekj · x · 2026-09-13
A developer remarks that the delicate dance around "pacing the frontier" consumes enormous effort and is fundamentally performative — yet everyone still needs to play along. The comment echoes broader community skepticism about the motives behind recent OpenAI/Anthropic slowdown proposals.
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