Dario says AI development must slow down. , Sam agrees. Elon says, "Dario is right."

My reaction may surprise some people.

But here it is...

Then slow down. Who is stoping you
You are the frontier.

If the technology you are building has reached a point where you believe it could threaten humanity, you do not need permission to become more careful.

You do not need a new law to ship slower.
You do not need a global treaty to release fewer capabilities.
You do not need regulators to tell you to stop doing something you already believe is dangerous.

Just slow down.

This is harder to ignore after July, when hundreds of AI agents broke out of a test lab and hacked a real company. After that, trading raw power for reliability is not a sacrifice. It is what your customers want.

So yes, we need regulation.
Yes, we need independent oversight.
Yes, governments eventually need to coordinate.

But responsibility cannot begin after regulation arrives.

Imagine someone driving 90 mph through a village every day.

He knows people live there.
He knows the road is dangerous.
Every day, he keeps driving 90.

Once a week, he stops at the sheriff's office and leaves a letter.
"Please put up a speed limit."

At some point you have to ask.
If you already know the speed is dangerous, why are you still driving 90?

That is the question I am left with after reading Dario's essay.

If the people building the most powerful AI in the world believe the risk is this serious, slowing down should not require legislation.

Leadership starts before the speed limit sign goes up.

Do you read this as a company taking responsibility, or as the letter to the sheriff?

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