Amodei said he believes that if slowing down bought an extra year or two before models reach critical levels of capability, and that time were used to advance alignment, the risk of something going seriously wrong could be greatly reduced.
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Reasoning
The claim is a counterfactual about risk reduction and cannot be tested.
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Dario Amodei, “Amodei said he believes that if slowing down bought an extra year or two before models reach critical levels of capability, and that time were used to advance alignment, the risk of something going seriously wrong could be greatly reduced.” (said 5 June 2025). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_9a80d3ac31cb, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_9a80d3ac31cb
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