Anthropic · OpenAI · Dario Amodei · China · Sam Altman · Elon Musk · Ars Technica
AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed
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For years now, the major frontier AI labs have all been acting as if they’re in an all-out, winner-take-all race with control of world-changing machine superintelligence (or at least market-changing artificial general intelligence ) at the finish line.
Key facts
- Amodei acknowledges that these kinds of public calls for a slowdown in AI development date back to at least 2023
- That China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Monday morning that “fearmongering, confrontation, and vicious competition will only disrupt the process of global AI governance and serve the interests of no one
- Leaked OpenAI expense documents suggest those training costs alone were heavily outpacing all revenues through 2025
- OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman posted his agreement on social media and said similar pacing discussions had been taking place at OpenAI
Summary
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei was at the forefront of this change in tone, arguing in a nearly 4,000-word essay this weekend that “we must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models” to avoid “a race to the bottom, spurred by commercial incentives, can make risks more acute.” Within hours, other AI leaders were echoing the same call. Even Elon Musk, who has been criticized for his models’ lax AI safety standards in the past, linked to Amodei’s essay on social media with a simple approving message: “Dario is right.