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Comment by Joshua Achiam

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AI researcher at OpenAI.
Something that worries me about the general push towards a pause on AI frontier progress is that there is not a very clear thesis about what to do with extra time.
AI Verified (Jul 20, 2026)
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Joshua Achiam, post on X, July 20, 2026, as reproduced by Digg in “OpenAI's Joshua Achiam argues AI pause advocates lack clear strategy.”
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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 Achiam questions the rationale for a frontier-AI pause, supporting opposition to the proposed pause-as-safer claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago
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AI Verified Correct answer: against. Achiam criticizes the pause movement's lack of a clear plan for extra time, opposing the pause-as-safer proposition. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Digg's reproduction of Joshua Achiam's July 20 2026 post contains this wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago
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