“Pacing” can be somewhat of a trigger word because it sounds like an arbitrary slow down of capability or a way to hobble competitors through undue regulation. However, the specific improvement goals laid out in Dario’s are absolute necessities in AI development. We expect equivalent in areas like aerospace, life sciences, health care, and other industries, and AI development likely shouldn’t be that different. AI is going to be the technology underpinning our financial trading systems, our medical devices, our biotech breakthroughs, defense systems, government workflows, and many more mission critical domains. So it completely stands to reason that we want these systems to be safe and “aligned”. How we get there -without meaningfully slowing down innovation progress or reducing competition- is one of the most complex questions in the 21st century, but the need is clearly real.