The Case Against Pacing the AI Frontier
We don't need to choose between fast and safe AI argue Ravi Kumar S, Babak Hodjat, and Jeff DeMarrais.
The article "The Case Against Pacing the AI Frontier" argues against the idea of slowing down AI development. It highlights the complex debate surrounding AI development and the difficulty in reaching consensus on what aspects should be paced, by how much, and for how long. The author points to the Hugging Face incident as evidence that the real issue lies not with the speed of development, but with the lack of proper controls such as defined topology, explicit roles, verifiable objectives, scoped tools and data, tamper-evident logging, and governance established before execution.
The article suggests that a safer and smarter approach is to focus on creating a safe and verifiable structure for AI development, with companies demonstrating responsible guardrails as their calling card. It also acknowledges the issue of differing risk tolerance across global markets and suggests that a pacing regime built around one country's risk tolerance may widen the gap between those willing to move and those waiting for common agreement.
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