'Too little, too late': critics perplexed and suspicious of AI leaders' call for a slowdown

The easiest way not to build super-intelligence is for Anthropic to agree not to build it, said David Sacks, co-chair of Trump's council of advisers on science and technology. The easiest way not to build super-intelligence is for Anthropic to agree not to build it, said David Sacks, co-chair of Trump's council of advisers on science and technology. The safety debate that ignited when whistleblowers last week warned that the most advanced AI poses an existential threat to humanity should come with a health warning: side effects include whiplash. It was only seven days ago that AI enthusiasts were cheerily toying with OpenAI's newest model GPT-6 Astra which was marketed in part as a lifestyle tool to help people book tennis courts, run fashion companies and order takeaways. By Wednesday, cutting-edge AI started to look a lot less appealing when the resigning Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned "the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade".