Jakub Pachocki on Governments and labs should build the c…

Jakub Pachocki

Chief Scientist at OpenAI; leads OpenAI's research strategy and major model development efforts

Currently I believe that no lab has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer. I expect and hope for voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established. And I believe that international coordination on future AI development needs to become a top priority for governments around the world.

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Jakub Pachocki, “An Alien Mind,” OpenAI, September 6, 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 Quote explicitly calls for voluntary slowdowns and international coordination on future AI development; it supports building a global slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The quote explicitly supports voluntary AI slowdowns and international coordination; recorded answer for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

Slow down AI development

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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: ing at maximum speed for much longer. I expect and hope for voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established. And I believe that international coordination on future AI development needs to become a top pri · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1d ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: ing at maximum speed for much longer. I expect and hope for voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established. And I believe that international coordination on future AI development needs to become a top pri · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1d ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim on OpenAI's Sep. 6, 2026 “An Alien Mind,” by Jakub Pachocki. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 20d ago

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

We request that the U.S. government support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools needed to deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development.

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