Comment by Leo Gao

Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI; AI researcher.
The world is locked in a deadly race towards an intelligence explosion, where AI’s ability to create better AIs reaches a critical point, just like a runaway nuclear chain reaction. Going slower would give us much-needed time to make it go well, but no individual actor is willing to stop unilaterally. To survive, we must coordinate to slow down the race.
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AI Verified Gao explicitly says going slower gives time to make an intelligence explosion go well and calls for coordination to slow the race. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Gao explicitly says going slower is needed and calls to coordinate slowing the race; for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified pacingthefrontier.com, July 2026 comments lines 125–128 reproduce this wording and attribute it to Leo Gao. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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