Dario Amodei's "We Must Pace the Frontier": A Three-Part Plan to Slow AI, Anthropic Moves First
oran_ge · x · 2026-09-13
Dario Amodei published "We Must Pace the Frontier," arguing the AI industry should slow frontier development via a three-part plan, with Anthropic unilaterally committing to the first: permanent, employee-level system access for third-party evaluators to verify safety measures, report incidents, and assess alignment during training. The essay's arc: he believes AI could cure most major diseases in 5–10 years and spur abundance — a personally urgent cause — but risks of loss of control, cyber/bio misuse, and economic disruption are real and amplified by race-to-the-bottom dynamics. Anthropic's middle path is a "race to the top," showing careful building and commercial success can coexist.
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