Elon Musk Finds Common Ground With Rivals On AI Controversy
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
It’s a funny moment when Elon Musk is nodding along with Dario Amodei of Anthropic, of all people. The AI world is usually a cage match dressed up as a research conference. So when Musk shares Amodei’s piece and says, “Dario is right,” you can almost hear the brakes squeal.
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Former trillionaire Elon Musk joined some of his biggest artificial intelligence rivals in calling for a slowdown of the technology’s development. Musk’s comment on the issue came in response to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei declaring over the weekend that it was time to “pace the frontier.” “Dario is right,” Musk said, sharing Amodei’s article with
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It’s a funny moment when Elon Musk is nodding along with Dario Amodei of Anthropic, of all people. The AI world is usually a cage match dressed up as a research conference. So when Musk shares Amodei’s piece and says, “Dario is right,” you can almost hear the brakes squeal. When rivals agree, it’s usually because the problem is real.
The phrase Amodei used, “pace the frontier,” is the tell. That’s not a ban. That’s not a moral panic. It’s an admission that the people building this stuff don’t fully trust the speed of the race they’re in. And that is worth taking seriously, because these aren’t outsiders throwing rocks. They’re the drivers, looking down at the dashboard and realizing the needle is pinned. Slowdown talk from the builders hits differently.
We’re not allergic to innovation. The United States should lead in AI, and we should not hand the future to Beijing because Silicon Valley got nervous. But leadership also means guardrails that make sense, not a mad sprint followed by a public meltdown when something goes sideways. If Musk and a top competitor are landing on the same point, Washington should hear it as a practical warning, not an excuse to smother the industry with one-size-fits-all rules written by staffers who can’t explain the difference between a chatbot and a calculator. Pace it smart, or you’ll get regulation by panic.
The frustrating part is how quickly this conversation turns into performance. One camp wants to “pause” everything until further notice. The other camp acts like any hesitation is heresy. Neither of those is serious. If the people closest to the cutting edge are saying the frontier needs pacing, then the adult question is what gets paced, how, and who verifies it. That’s not anti-tech. It’s how you keep America out front without driving straight into a wall.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.