Concrete, sensible policy proposals.
Some will say we need no coordination, no restrictions - just an unmitigated race to bring about superintelligence. On this path one misstep will bring about disaster.
Others will say we need an absolute pause. This is not viable nor should we want it. Compute (or the capacity to build it) will build up like dry tinder, and geopolitical tension and value clash risk sparking a compressed race to runaway superintelligence. It is not a stable state.
We have a narrow path through - where we work with eachother to build this technology as fast as is safely possible.
We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.
Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training.
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