The Real Reason AI CEOs Preach 'Slow Down': Innovation Has Stalled, Not Safety
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-09-18
- The author argues the recent 'pause AI' chorus from AI executives is really about commoditization, not safety or ethics.
- LLM feature innovation has slowed sharply: long context, deep research, reasoning modes, multimodal input, agentic tool use — every capability gets copied within months, leaving no moat.
- Category-defining releases have degraded into version bumps, reliability fixes, and price cuts; when the biggest pitch is cheaper tokens, features have commoditized.
- Meanwhile spending keeps climbing, with billions still flowing into training runs and data centers.
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