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The group behind a 2025 report predicting dire outcomes from AI development is out with a new prescription: to avoiding dangerous outcomes from superintelligent AI, slow everything down.

Why it matters: The researchers behind the new essay, first shared with Axios, are saying that while people can't stave off the development of superintelligence, they can slow it down so the world is ready when it comes.