David Krueger on Governments and labs should build the c…

David Krueger

Cambridge faculty - AI alignment, DL, and existential safety. Formerly Mila, FHI, DeepMind, ElementAI, AISI.

AI companies' lack of progress towards credible AI Safety plans is scandalous. Even they are starting to get anxious as they race towards recursive self-improvement and face down the prospect of losing control. CEOs recent gestures towards coordinating a pause or slowdown are welcome, but they're still not telling people how urgent the risk is and how unprepared they are.

AI Verified (Jul 2026)

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David Krueger, quoted in the Future of Life Institute, “AI Safety Index — Summer 2026,” July 2026.

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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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Slow down AI development

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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: ty plans is scandalous. Even they are starting to get anxious as they race towards recursive self-improvement and face down the prospect of losing control. CEOs recent gestures towards coordinating a pause or slowdown are welcome, but they' · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 10d ago

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