OpenAI Researcher Backs Global AI Capabilities Slowdown
Pseudonymous OpenAI researcher roon states he would press a hypothetical button for coordinated global AI capabilities slowdown.
TLDR
Roon, a pseudonymous technical staff member at OpenAI, posted that he would likely press a magic button to coordinate a global slowdown on AI capabilities development. The statement prompted replies and quotes from AI researchers and safety advocates, with some agreeing on the coordination challenge and others calling a global pause unrealistic or preferring single-country measures. Multiple frontier researchers are noted as privately or publicly voicing similar views, framing the issue as one of enforcement rather than willingness among leading labs.
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Daniel Jeffries@Dan_Jeffries1If I had a magic button that would wipe out the slow down button and wipe out the very idea of slow down from people's minds I would press it instantly. https://twitter.com/tszzl/status/2081122092096065771
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EL elie@eliebakouchi would 100% press the magic button as well, but i also 100% think there is no way this is feasible in the real world and i think safety people lobbying/arguing for that should stop as 1. this gives a misleading idea of how AI development works today 2. imo the motivating factor…
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MT Michaël Trazzi@MichaelTrazzifwiw I've personally seen DMs from 2 of the 4 leading AI CEOs saying roughly the same thing it's not that there's no willingness to slowdown / pause it's a coordination problem, so we need governments to enforce it https://twitter.com/tszzl/status/2081122092096065771
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GI Geoffrey Irving@geoffreyirvingButtons that achieve partial slowdowns exist and are not magic. It's bad to pejoratively call them magic! https://twitter.com/tszzl/status/2081122092096065771
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GI Geoffrey Irving@geoffreyirvingIt is in fact possible for the U.S. to coordinate an AI slowdown with another country who is distilling U.S. models. Even without diplomacy, though of course the diplomacy versions work even better.
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