Proposal: 'pace the frontier' by rewarding safety and alignment over benchmark maxxing
AccBalanced · x · 2026-09-18
Responding to tszzl's argument that containing unwilling superintelligences will be far harder than anyone expects ("you need to 10x that"), AccBalanced proposes an alternative way to "pace the frontier": shift incentives from benchmark maxxing toward prioritizing safety and alignment rewards.
He argues there is already enough power and compute available to do this today, and while it lowers gross margins, "you'll make it up in volume." The exchange is a tongue-in-cheek but telling snapshot of ongoing AI-circle debates over misaligned incentives between leaderboard competition and safety investment.
Related event: tszzl: Multiply Your Estimate of Containing Superintelligence by Ten(5 posts)→
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