AI safety paradox
ANTHROPIC chief Dario Amodei wants the companies building the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence to slow down. Not stop, but slow the advance of frontier capabilities enough for safety and security work to catch up. He calls it “pacing the frontier”. Amodei says two things have changed. AI is beginning to help build the next generation of AI, raising the possibility of recursive self-improvement.
Why it matters
AI's rapid growth threatens safety, yet its integration into defense raises urgent governance challenges.
