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Comment by Sebastian Starke

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Staff Research Scientist at Meta; commenter on the July 2026 Pacing the Frontier statement.
AI is starting to outpace us at an accelerating rate, and in a few years' time people might ask, "How could you not have seen this coming?" But answering that question in hindsight can be harder than acting proactively.
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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 https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/ — Warns accelerating AI outpaces people and favors proactive action; in this source’s pacing statement context, this supports building a slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago
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AI Verified https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/ — Recorded for. Proactive action on accelerating AI supports building a slowdown capability in the cited statement context. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago
Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely
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AI Verified The quote warns AI is accelerating beyond people and calls for proactive action; on the cited Pacing the Frontier page, the shared context is developing tools to deliberately pace automated AI development, making this a support-leaning relevant comment. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 3d ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer for; independently assessed as for. The quote warns AI is accelerating beyond human preparedness and calls for proactive action; in the cited Pacing the Frontier context, this supports deliberate safety pacing. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 3d ago

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AI Verified https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/ — Source page’s embedded comments reproduces this wording and attributes it to Sebastian Starke (July 2026). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago
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