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Ethan Perez

Alignment Team Lead at Anthropic.

With the current rate of AI progress, safety teams at AI companies have to sprint to prevent new risks to society every few months. At some point, we’re going to hit problems we need more time to solve.

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Personal comment published with “Pacing the Frontier,” a July 2026 statement from 1,273 employees of frontier AI companies.

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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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AI Verified Relevant: this verified comment supports developing a coordinated option/capability to pace or slow frontier AI development when needed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Verified against Pacing the Frontier (July 2026): the primary page lists this personal comment verbatim under the named author. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

With the current rate of AI progress, safety teams at AI companies have to sprint to prevent new risks to society every few months. At some point, we’re going to hit problems we need more time to solve.

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