We Must Pace The Frontier

Dario Amodei has a new essay that finally says the thing: We Must Pace the Frontier, naming his call after the Pacing the Frontier letter lab employees signed in July. As in, we need to slow the rate at which AIs increase their capabilities, to allow for the necessary alignment and safety work. He explained that, without pacing, he expects things to escalate quickly. He offered three proposals, and unilaterally committed to the first one. OpenAI followed, and both Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis endorsed the overall proposal. There is still a long way to go. The odds are still against us. The situation remains grim. The hard part lies ahead. We do not agree on what ‘Pacing the Frontier’ will mean in practice. But this is Actual Progress. The work can begin. Table of Contents Pacing Does Not Mean Pausing. Dario’s First Proposal: Embedded Evaluators. Dario’s Second Proposal: Democratic Coordination. Dario’s Third Proposal: Global Coordination. Why Pace Now? Sam Altman Agrees and Commits to…