Paul Christiano on Slow down AI development

Paul Christiano

ARC founder; alignment researcher

That said, frontier AI developers have a lot of power to unilaterally improve the situation and lay the groundwork for stronger coordination. Developers can improve safety mitigations (including slowing development as necessary), transparently share evidence about risk and the effectiveness of their mitigations, and work towards shared safety standards.

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Paul Christiano, “Personal statement on joining the OpenAI board,” September 9, 2026.

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