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Luke Bennett

Member of Technical Staff (Manager) at Anthropic; signatory to the July 2026 Pacing the Frontier statement.

There is too much on the line, too much that can go wrong and a very dark future ahead of us if we don’t get this right. There is nothing to lose from collectively slowing down.

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Luke Bennett, personal comment published with “Pacing the Frontier,” 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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AI Verified Bennett says there is nothing to lose from collectively slowing down, directly supporting the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches: Bennett explicitly supports collectively slowing down. · 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: f we don’t get this right. There is nothing to lose from collectively slowing down. · 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: f we don’t get this right. There is nothing to lose from collectively slowing down. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2d ago

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AI Verified Luke Bennett: comment is published verbatim and attributed to Bennett on Pacing the Frontier (July 2026). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

There is too much on the line, too much that can go wrong and a very dark future ahead of us if we don’t get this right. There is nothing to lose from collectively slowing down.

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