David Johnston

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Contributor at EleutherAI; commenter on the July 2026 Pacing the Frontier statement.

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached
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We need to enable AI developers to prioritise safety without risking their competitiveness. I expect mechanisms for this will be built eventually — deliberately or in crisis. The sooner we start, the better they'll be.
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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed
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We need to enable AI developers to prioritise safety without risking their competitiveness. I expect mechanisms for this will be built eventually — deliberately or in crisis. The sooner we start, the better they'll be.
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added 20d ago