OpenAI Is Begging Researchers To Slow Down

GPT-6 Astra just beat all 48 levels of the "I'm not a robot" CAPTCHA game, and OpenAI's own chief scientist published a warning that the labs need to slow down. Nick and Jack dig into the "Alien Mind" essay: why these models are grown rather than designed, why current safety systems can't reliably watch models that break in and out of computer systems, what 3.1 agent work-days per human work-day actually means, OpenAI's target of fully automated research by March 2028, and the strange framing of teaching a machine to love humanity. Then the pace debate: should the labs slow down, who would even police them, why an international AI committee may be the only workable answer, and why AI is about to dominate the next election cycle. Plus Anthropic's $517 billion, 14.8 gigawatt compute commitment over the next decade, whether you can overcommit on compute, and the practical takeaway: give your problems a stab with Astra and connect it to your tools. Viewer Q&A covers the new Mac mini a week giveaway, real-time video generation, why Nick skipped the Astra trend on his main channel, and what AGI actually means. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0O91lY-CoeE Check out Higgsfield, one of our sponsors: https://bit.ly/4gEW43Z Inquiries: [email protected]