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The Urgent Call for AI Slowdown Has Officially Started

Dario Amodei says recursive self-improvement is already happening at Anthropic, and that in 6–12 months an agent swarm could take over the internet. He also thinks AI will cure most diseases by 2036.

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Jim Clyde Monge
Sep 14, 2026
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Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis, and Dario Amodei
Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis, and Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei dropped an essay on Saturday called We Must Pace the Frontier. Here’s what he said in that blog post: “We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models.”

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