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Below is the executive summary from our new paper at pacing.tech. The full paper is available on the site and as a PDF. The full author list is Raymond Douglas, Charles Dillon, Nikola Moore, Gavin Leech, Shahar Avin, Mathias Kirk Bonde, Rohit Krishnan, Noah Perez, Nathan Young, Cormac Slade Byrd, Stephen Casper, Jan Kulveit, & David Duvenaud

“Pacing AI” usually refers to how to conclusively handle the most extreme risks in the face of race dynamics. However, even for the goal of handling these highest-stakes cases, it's useful to take a broad view of pacing—one that encompasses all interventions aimed at moderating the pace of AI development, deployment, or diffusion. Thus:

• Haphazard pacing is already common, including: delaying model releases for safety testing, pausing model development in response to shocks, and applying export controls.
• Current approaches will predictably fail. Isolated, unilateral actions addressing only small fractions of the problem are not enough, but poorly executed interventions could easily backfire—good solutions will need to be carefully designed.
• Precedents are being set whether we like it or not. How AI progress is paced now will shape how it is paced in future. We can learn [...]

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First published:
September 17th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/E5SmpFsGPNpYjf92c/pacing-the-frontier-a-framework-and-research-agenda

Linkpost URL:
pacing.tech

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