Ex-DeepMind Scientist: We Must Slow Down AI

Former Google DeepMind researcher Alex Turner left over safety concerns and argues AI progress must be slowed; he proposes tracking compute as a practical regulatory lever and questions Big Tech’s motives when calling to “slow down.”

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