Pedro Domingos calls 'pacing AI research' fantastical: no one can enforce it
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-13
ML veteran Pedro Domingos argues that 'pacing AI research' is fantastical: either everyone is trusted to slow down equally (hilarious, he says) or there's obtrusive enforcement (a totalitarian nightmare)—and who would decide what's allowed and how? He questions why anyone takes the notion seriously.
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