Chang Sun on Governments and labs should build the c…

Chang Sun

Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI.

I think it's inherently valuable to build international governance mechanisms to enable responsible deployment and avoid a possible race to the bottom. All labs and countries moving as fast as possible out of fear of what other actors will do seems like an easy way to incentivize individual actors to make dangerous tradeoffs between speed and safety.

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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 “for”: the author supports building a coordinated capability to slow or pace frontier AI development if needed, matching the recorded answer. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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: ance mechanisms to enable responsible deployment and avoid a possible race to the bottom. All labs and countries moving as fast as possible out of fear of what other actors will do seems like an easy way to incentivize individual actors to · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2d ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: ance mechanisms to enable responsible deployment and avoid a possible race to the bottom. All labs and countries moving as fast as possible out of fear of what other actors will do seems like an easy way to incentivize individual actors to · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2d 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

I think it's inherently valuable to build international governance mechanisms to enable responsible deployment and avoid a possible race to the bottom. All labs and countries moving as fast as possible out of fear of what other actors will do seems l...

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