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Comment by Mike Heaton

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Member of Technical Staff in Audio at OpenAI; commenter on the July 2026 Pacing the Frontier statement.
We believe AI will do, and is doing, great things for the world. We are already seeing instances where pushing research maximally fast creates serious issues, and it is possible that these will get much more severe. Right now, competitive dynamics mean there is no realistic alternative to pushing maximally fast for frontier research. We need mechanisms to make slowing down possible for commercial labs in an acute situation.
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Mike Heaton, 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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