Slow Down—Don’t Stop: AI Has a Bright Future, but How Do We Get There?

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently published an essay entitled “We Must Pace The Frontier,” arguing to slow the development of AI. Despite being primarily rooted in his ethical beliefs, he focuses primarily on the “operational security” of the systems, not the physical or ethical reality. He does not mention the environmental impacts of AI, nor does he discuss concerns about intellectual property and creativity. AI has many positive implications for the future of humanity, but it is destroying the planet we live on and diluting the cornerstones of human expression that are art and writing. Pacing the development of AI is necessary, but Amodei’s assertion that the first step in slowing down is to introduce “embedded evaluators”—auditors that work purely within companies to ensure they are compliant with subjective ethical rules and non-existent regulations—is biased and, if implemented, would be ineffective.

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