We Must Pace The Frontier

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Dario Amodei has a new essay that finally says the thing: We Must Pace the Frontier, naming his call after the Pacing the Frontier letter lab employees signed in July. As in, we need to slow the rate at which AIs increase their capabilities, to allow for the necessary alignment and safety work.He explained that, without pacing, he expects things to escalate quickly. He offered three proposals, and unilaterally committed to the first one. OpenAI followed, and both Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis end...

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