AI Researcher Mocks Labs' 'Pace the Frontier' Pact With Top-Student Analogy
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-09-14
Reacting to news that the four big AI labs agreed to 'pace the frontier,' researcher Yuchen Jin shared a friend's analogy: top students always claimed they never studied yet aced every exam—'did you believe them?'—implying the labs are secretly racing while publicly pledging restraint.
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