Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark spotlights new research agenda on pacing AI development
gleech · x · 2026-09-21
A new piece, "Pacing The Frontier: An Agenda" by Raymond Douglas, Gavin Leech and collaborators, was detailed in Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark's newsletter.
Key points:
- "Pacing AI" already happens haphazardly: release delays for safety testing, development pauses after shocks, export controls
- Current isolated, unilateral approaches will predictably fail, and poorly executed interventions can backfire
- Precedents are being set now that will shape higher-stakes pacing decisions later
- The authors call for a dedicated research field systematically mapping interventions across development, deployment, and diffusion, and their tradeoffs
Related event: Researchers Propose Agenda for Slowing the AI Frontier(4 posts)→
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