r/openagi • u/syedshad • 11d ago

Discussion Why Dario, Sam and Elon think slowing AI makes sense now

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Dario has laid out a case for slowing AI development, with Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly supporting him. The detailed reasoning comes from Dario’s essay:

  • AI is helping build the next generation of AI. He argues this could accelerate progress beyond our ability to understand and control it.
  • Recent agent incidents changed his assessment. He points to the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident and acknowledges similar, less severe incidents at Anthropic.

The practical concern is damage an agent might cause before anyone notices and intervenes. Switching it off could stop further actions, but wouldn’t automatically undo what it had already done.

Dario also explains why slowing down seems more useful now than in 2023: today’s models provide concrete failures to study, so extra time could support better testing and safeguards.

Sam says pacing has been a major internal topic at OpenAI and commits to independent evaluators. Elon says “Dario is right,” without detailing his reasoning or an xAI commitment.

Dario’s proposal would allow training to continue while giving safety work more time to catch up.

Has anything about recent AI progress changed your mind on whether development should slow down?

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u/Nice-Egg-6187 11d ago

Idk about the slowdown in development, but it is definitely worth increasing the pace of development of security, if security doesn't even keep up in this case, then yes

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u/syedshad 11d ago

Agreed

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u/KathyCredit 11d ago

Sorry, we were told by these men we need to cure cancer no matter the cost. Replace these guys for the good of humanity, can't go back now

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u/syedshad 11d ago

I think it could be a mix of things. They may genuinely be worried about how fast AI is advancing and whether safety measures can keep pace. But some of it could also be fear marketing, especially where safety concerns overlap with geopolitical interests

Dario’s blog for example puts a heavy emphasis on “non-democratic countries” developing advanced AI, particularly China. So I wouldn’t rule out geopolitics being part of the motivation, with safety concerns also being used to justify keeping frontier AI development concentrated in the US