Daron Acemoglu on Slow down AI development

Daron Acemoglu

Nobel laureate economist; MIT Institute Professor; author of Power and Progress

The breathless race to advance the “frontier” is irresponsible. [...] Perhaps we shouldn’t drive it until it is roadworthy. [...] Ultimately, it is the race for artificial general intelligence, combined with faulty metrics and hasty choices on safety, that is creating distorted intelligence and increasingly dangerous AI models. There is still time to change course.

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Daron Acemoglu, “AI may not be becoming superintelligent. It may be becoming distorted,” Pearls and Irritations, October 5, 2026. The page attributes the article to Acemoglu and reproduces his argument that frontier AI’s rapid race and hasty safety choices are producing increasingly dangerous models.

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AI Verified The quote calls the rapid frontier-AI race irresponsible, says not to drive the models until roadworthy, and urges a change from the AGI race; it clearly supports slowing AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 47min ago

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AI Verified The verified quote treats the frontier/AGI race as irresponsible and says models should not be driven until roadworthy; this supports slowing AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 46min ago

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AI Verified Pearls and Irritations page dated October 5, 2026 attributes the article to Daron Acemoglu and contains the stored wording, including “race to advance the ‘frontier’ is irresponsible,” “shouldn’t drive it until it is roadworthy,” and the AGI-race conclusion. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 47min ago

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