"Dario is right"
Elon Musk @elonmusk · x · 2026-09-12 · ★★★★ · archived
Musk's three-word endorsement of Amodei's slowdown essay, posted within about 15 minutes, turned the essay into a cross-industry story and moved markets (chip selloff coverage).
Summary
Musk quote-tweeted Dario Amodei's post announcing "We Must Pace the Frontier" (x.com/DarioAmodei/status/2098773920774074715) with "Dario is right". Sam Altman separately wrote that he agreed "we need to pace the frontier" and that OpenAI would also adopt embedded independent evaluators (x.com/sama/status/2098811563415150910). The next day Musk narrowed his meaning to "some oversight", saying peer review of AI by competitors is the right way to start (x.com/elonmusk/status/2098986888572907643). He later said he meant that AI danger is very significant (reported via @cb_doge). News outlets (TheStreet, ITV, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, Motley Fool) led with the quote, and President Trump answered the CEOs' call by saying "whoever wins AI wins". Musk also reshared his April 2023 claim that AGI is riskier than nuclear weapons. Verified via the X syndication API (2026-09-12 15:01 UTC).
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Dario is right
Quoting @DarioAmodei: We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.
Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our
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