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In The Loop · September 18 · 14 min

Why ALL major AI labs may slowing down AI development & whether it could work

Anthropic's Dario Amodei published an essay saying the whole industry has to slow down, and Musk, Altman and Hassabis all backed it inside a day. In this episode of In The Loop, I'm going through what Amodei is actually proposing and whether it could work ⏭️ Episode highlights (01:00) – OpenAI paused, then said nothing for seven weeks (02:40) – The safety test that caused the break-out (04:30) – Jacob Coxon resigns and gives up his equity (06:20) – Amodei's two reasons for slowing down (08:30) – The proposal, in plain language (10:30) – The speed limit nobody can measure (13:00) – The case against: liability, rivals and an IPO (16:00) – The suppliers nobody has named 🔗 Links & resources Dario Amodei, "We Must Pace the Frontier" - https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier

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Anthropic's Dario Amodei published an essay saying the whole industry has to slow down, and Musk, Altman and Hassabis all backed it inside a day.

In this episode of In The Loop, I'm going through what Amodei is actually proposing and whether it could work


⏭️ Episode highlights

(01:00) – OpenAI paused, then said nothing for seven weeks


(02:40) – The safety test that caused the break-out


(04:30) – Jacob Coxon resigns and gives up his equity


(06:20) – Amodei's two reasons for slowing down


(08:30) – The proposal, in plain language


(10:30) – The speed limit nobody can measure


(13:00) – The case against: liability, rivals and an IPO


(16:00) – The suppliers nobody has named


🔗 Links & resources

  • Dario Amodei, "We Must Pace the Frontier" - https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier

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