Minimum required pacing: finish aligning it before you train the next one

Let's say we coordinate to pace the frontier (rather than pausing outright or failing to coordinate). What should the standard of pacing be?My proposal for a minimum requirement: a lab cannot train the next generation of models (in terms of capabilities) until they have adequately[1] resolved all significant alignment issues in the present generation of models.You don't launch a jet that goes at Mach 3 before you've figured out why your Mach 2 jet keeps crashing[2]. With any other kind of danger...