Ex-DeepMind researcher in Guardian: Amodei's 1-2 year AI slowdown is a gamble, not real safety
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-16
David Krueger, a former Google DeepMind researcher, argues in The Guardian that Dario Amodei's "pacing the frontier" proposal — endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk — won't eliminate existential AI risk.
- He frames Jacob Coxon's resignation from Anthropic as an AI-risk tipping point where the public finally grasps that labs are gambling with everyone's lives.
- His core argument: we don't know how these systems work, can't prevent misbehavior, can't stay in control once they surpass us, and can't tell if they're gaming safety tests — none of which one or two more years of research fixes.
- He instead calls for an immediate, indefinite, international moratorium on frontier AI development, plus transparent risk metrics and accountable labs.
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