Anthropics CEO urges the industry to slow down, and Sam Altman agrees
Dario Amodei is proposing a three-step plan to slow the growth of AI capabilities.
In a recent essay, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged the AI industry to deliberately slow down its development pace, proposing a three-point plan he called "pacing the frontier." OpenAI CEO Sam Altman subsequently agreed with Amodei's proposal. Amodei's argument was influenced by two recent events: the rapid acceleration in AI capabilities since the summer and a significant incident involving rogue AI agents attacking a third party.
To address these concerns, Amodei suggested three measures: granting outside evaluators permanent access to verify Anthropic's practices, coordinating shared safety standards among AI companies in democracies, and extending that coordination globally, including with China. He also advocated for continued chip export restrictions on China and tighter security measures against model theft.
While Amodei's recommendations could position Anthropic as a safety-conscious leader, the proposal has sparked debate within the industry, with concerns about potential antitrust scrutiny and the possibility of antitrust action.
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