Tesla CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry to slow the pace at which it develops increasingly capable AI systems.
Amodei recently warned that AI’s growing ability to help build the next generation of AI models could accelerate technological progress to a point where humanity may struggle to understand and control the systems.
The Anthropic CEO said the potential risks require more than increased investment in safety measures, arguing that the pace of AI capabilities development should also be moderated to give safeguards enough time to keep up with technological advances.
Reacting to Amodei’s position on X on Saturday, Musk simply said, “Amodei is right”.
Altman also expressed agreement with the Anthropic CEO, saying the industry needs to “pace the frontier” as AI systems become more capable.
He added that the issue has recently become a major subject of discussions within OpenAI.
Altman also endorsed Amodei’s proposal for independent evaluators to have employee-like access to AI companies to assess their safety measures.
“Committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea, and we will do the same. We’ll have more to share soon,” Altman said.
Amodei has proposed a three-part framework known as “pacing the frontier”, designed to ensure that AI development progresses at a manageable pace while allowing society to benefit from the technology without overlooking potential risks.
The proposal includes embedding third-party evaluators within AI companies, encouraging coordination between leading AI developers in democratic countries, and establishing broader international cooperation involving governments.
Amodei, however, stressed that slowing the pace of AI development should not be interpreted as a call to stop model training or technological progress.
Instead, he said companies should allow sufficient time to align and safeguard increasingly powerful models, while giving independent third-party evaluators the opportunity to verify that appropriate safety measures are being implemented.
Source: Independent
