AI slowdown won't last: a DeepSeek-style breakthrough could restart the race within months
paulnovosad · x · 2026-09-16
Paul Novosad argues any AI slowdown will last only one to two months, ending with the first "DeepSeek escape event." He finds labs' slowdown signals non-credible, and instead favors governance innovation and alignment research—transparency and independent monitoring—since they don't require impossible universal coordination, calling Hassabis's and Amodei's proposals a step in the right direction.
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