Anthropic co-founder says slowing AI is a 'collective action problem'
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark has publicly discussed the risks of artificial intelligence, describing the challenge of slowing AI development as a collective action problem — one where no single company can afford to pause unless others do too.
Why this matters: This framing is important to understand, because it is also a convenient one. If slowing down requires everyone to agree, then no one is ever responsible for speeding up. Clark is a founder of a leading AI lab. When he talks about shared risk and collective action, he is also, quietly, describing why his own company keeps building. The argument is not wrong. It is just worth noticing who benefits from a world where the problem is always too big for any one actor to solve.
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