Beff Jezos: "There is no slowing down. Accelerate or fall by the wayside" on AI pauses
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-15
e/acc leader Beff Jezos quote-tweeted lawyer Preston Byrne's point that "the AI safety crowd has no credible response to the fact that China clearly is not going to play ball with any 'pause'" and added: "Been saying this for 4 years but now it's explicit. There is no slowing down. Accelerate or fall by the wayside."
The statement makes geopolitical competition the core argument against AI pauses — a signature manifesto of the accelerationist stance and a window into how safety debates land with US industry leaders.
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