Terence Tao calls to slow down AI: "the pace is insane" as debate erupts
damianplayer · x · 2026-09-20
Mathematician Terence Tao argued "we have to slow down AI. The pace is insane, and there's no reason to be this fast — no reason at all," warning that we are changing everything without knowing the consequences amid highly nonlinear dynamics.
The post's author pushes back, calling AI humanity's greatest technology and questioning why anyone would slow it down — a snapshot of the accelerating vs. caution debate now joined by top-tier scientists.
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