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Matthew Rahtz

Staff Research Engineer at Google; AI capability-evaluation researcher.

Even after 3 years working on AI capability evaluations, the recent pace of progress has been a shock. To avoid catastrophic harms from AGI, we need much, much better coordination.

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Matthew Rahtz, personal comment published with “Pacing the Frontier,” July 2026.

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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AI Verified Concern about catastrophic harms from AGI directly supports a determinable stance on whether AI poses an existential threat. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

Even after 3 years working on AI capability evaluations, the recent pace of progress has been a shock. To avoid catastrophic harms from AGI, we need much, much better coordination.

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AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence

Even after 3 years working on AI capability evaluations, the recent pace of progress has been a shock. To avoid catastrophic harms from AGI, we need much, much better coordination.

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

Even after 3 years working on AI capability evaluations, the recent pace of progress has been a shock. To avoid catastrophic harms from AGI, we need much, much better coordination.

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