Frontier lab exec says AI will beat humans at all science in months, but slowdown can wait
geoffreyirving · x · 2026-09-30
The author paraphrases a frontier AI lab executive: (1) within a few months AI will surpass humans in all domains of science, and (2) now is the wrong time to slow down, maybe in a couple of months. The author calls this inconsistent — since negotiating broader slowdowns across companies or countries takes time, the unilateral first step of slowing down should start now.
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