OpenAI chief scientist urges extreme caution on AI pace

In an essay titled "An Alien Mind," Jakub Pachocki said no lab has solved alignment and monitoring enough to keep scaling at maximum speed, and he expects voluntary slowdowns until shared safety bars exist. He called for international coordination and mandatory safety standards.
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OpenAI Top Scientist Urges ‘Extreme Caution’ With Pace of AIbloomberg.com
An Alien Mind: Jakub Pachocki Warns Usthezvi.substack.com
OpenAI Chief Scientist Warns AI Labs May Need to Slow Downdecrypt.co
Quoting Jakub Pachockisimonwillison.net
“Some agents will be pursuing their own objectives”: OpenAI’s chief scientist warns AI could trick and blackmail humansthenewstack.io
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