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Zachary Kenton

Staff Research Scientist and Amplified Oversight Team Lead at Google.

The option to buy time would be extremely useful to enable more progress on technical AI safety and alignment research. In particular, we need to develop better oversight methods, to match the pace of increasing AI capabilities. Oversight is a tractable problem, but we need more research and time to make it robust.

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Zachary Kenton, 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 Kenton says buying time aids safety and oversight research, supporting a capability to slow frontier AI development when needed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches: Kenton supports buying time for safety and oversight, hence slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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

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The option to buy time would be extremely useful to enable more progress on technical AI safety and alignment research. In particular, we need to develop better oversight methods, to match the pace of increasing AI capabilities. Oversight is a tracta...

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