LeCun amplifies claim that Dario's AI slowdown push is a cover for Anthropic's compute burn
ylecun · x · 2026-09-13
Yann LeCun retweeted a pointed critique of Dario Amodei's new essay We Must Pace the Frontier.
- Amodei's essay lays out a three-part plan for the industry to slow down; Anthropic unilaterally commits to the first step: granting third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to verify safety measures, report incidents, and assess alignment during training.
- The critique argues Anthropic's push for safety regulation is mostly about money: upcoming S1 filings will reportedly show extreme compute burn rates, and safety audits offer a face-saving excuse to freeze spending.
- It frames the EA safety movement as gatekeeping via state regulators, betting that open models and sovereign compute will win as intelligence naturally leaks and decentralizes.
Related event: Dario Amodei's "Pace the Frontier" Essay Draws Wave of Skepticism(30 posts)→
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