🛡 Russell vs. Amodei's 'Paced' Approach
UC Berkeley professor Stuart Russell criticized Dario Amodei's letter 'We Must Pace the Frontier' in The Guardian: continuing development at a reduced speed, like a safety car in Formula 1. Russell calls the idea flawed and proposes an aviation analogy: a model is released only after certification of alignment properties, otherwise it's a 'red flag,' not a pace car. AI company leaders assess the risk of catastrophe as 1 in 10 — 1 in 5, compared to an acceptable 1 in 100 million per year.
🌍 Instead of 'just slow down' — strict market access: safety as a condition for model release, not a research program. Amodei himself agreed with the red lines logic — regulators get a foothold.
👤 For researchers in evals and alignment, the certification framework will determine which measurements become mandatory and who recognizes the results.
Source 1: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/15/ai-safety-requirements