Krueger op-ed calls Amodei's pacing plan inadequate, demands a moratorium
David KruegerAssistant Professor, University of Montreal; Core Academic Member, Mila
David Krueger, an AI safety researcher at the University of Montreal and Mila, wrote in a Guardian op-ed that Dario Amodei's proposed "pacing" plan is inadequate and called instead for "an immediate, indefinite, international moratorium on frontier AI development," including decommissioning advanced AI chips.
“an immediate, indefinite, international moratorium on frontier AI development”
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Is Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?
Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic and said that Anthropic and OpenAI are acting irresponsibly by racing toward self-improving superintelligence. In a fuller interview, he praised Anthropic's current practices and denied that it was already cutting corners; his criticism concerns the competitive race and the pressures he expects it to create. Responses dispute the evidence and timing of catastrophic-risk forecasts, whether continued work inside AI labs can be justified, and whether governments should pause development or regulate its continuation. The record distinguishes these disagreements from arguments about the rhetoric of public warnings.
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Guardian opinion piece by David Krueger rejecting Dario Amodei's "pacing" proposal as insufficient and calling for a moratorium on frontier AI development.
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Guardian opinion piece responding to Dario Amodei's proposed "pacing" plan for AI development.
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Krueger proposed decommissioning advanced AI chips as one mechanism for enforcing the moratorium.
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Krueger explicitly rejects Anthropic's proposed pacing approach as inadequate and calls for a moratorium, a direct condemnation of Anthropic's stated approach to advancing toward recursive self-improvement.
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The Dispute Index. "Krueger op-ed calls Amodei's pacing plan inadequate, demands a moratorium". First published: 2026-09-17. Last updated: 2026-09-17. https://disputeindex.com/events/821-david-krueger-an-ai-safety-researcher-at-the