Mark Zuckerberg argues against AI slowdown
META CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said AI labs already have a “strong incentive to prevent” the technology from causing harm, appearing to distance himself from calls from a group of some top industry leaders calling for an AI development slowdown.
In a lengthy post on X, formerly Twitter, Zuckerberg said: “every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens.”
Zuckerberg added that most AI companies will need to focus on alignment, warning that those who fail to do so risk becoming irrelevant.
“There is a lot of debate about slowing progress on capabilities until alignment catches up,” he said. “My view is that trust and alignment are quickly becoming the most important capabilities that will differentiate agents and models. Any lab that doesn’t focus on alignment will fall behind.”
“Labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this as well,” he continued.
Zuckerberg seems to be siding with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who argued that AI giants do not need to choose between innovation and safety.
“So run as fast as you can, but if you feel at any given point in time the company’s out of control or the product’s not going to be safe, take a pause and make sure you get it right,” Huang said during his appearance at a conference hosted by Salesforce on Tuesday.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay over the weekend, arguing that “we must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,” while laying out the risks involved. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, xAI CEO Elon Musk and Google DeepMind chair Demis Hassabis agreed.
Zuckerberg previously shared concerns about the establishment of a national AI regulatory body in a call with President Donald Trump, Politico reported.
