Rep. Whitesides calls 30-day AI slowdown; Grady Booch fires back over basic security failures
PolarBearby · x · 2026-09-19
US Rep. Whitesides, citing aerospace's stop-and-assess playbook, called for a 30-day AI development slowdown, arguing AI agents have gone rogue and their builders don't fully understand why or how to prevent recurrence. Turing Award winner Grady Booch pushed back: the issue isn't inherent risk but that these companies "failed to carry out even the most basic security protocols" — "covering the public commons with gasoline and playing with matches."
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