What the proposed AI slowdown means for the US, China, and humanity at large

It’s a brake test at breakneck speed. This weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed to “slow the pace” of artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising safety concerns, a call that was quickly joined by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk. The new push comes after increasing reports of out-of-control AI and researchers raising alarm about the risks to humanity. We turned to our experts to make sense of these developments and explore what they mean for policy.

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Graham Brookie: As industry pushes on safety, policymakers need to keep pace

Safa Shahwan Edwards: AI industry can learn from cybersecurity on pacing itself

Kenton Thibaut: A major breakthrough on AI safety is highly unlikely