# Dario Amodei

Record: actor-amodei · Type: actor · Edition: 0.19.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/map/entities/3`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Position context

Status: placed. Kind: person. Evidence clarity: high. Basis: primary. Implementation: public-advocacy.

Sources used: First-hand material.

Editorial coordinates: x=-28, y=81; x range [-48, -8]; y range [55, 96]. These are layout units, not probabilities.

## /scope

Frontier capability growth, especially unchecked self-improvement.

Claim: claim-actor-amodei-c863eb4481f44246f08ae770. Annotation: editorial.

[amodei-pacing](https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier)

## /caveat

Pacing is not stopping. Coordinated steps remain proposals; no independent operational audit is claimed.

Claim: claim-actor-amodei-7186e669fd92b7b9ba3a39d1. Annotation: editorial.

[amodei-pacing](https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier)

## /evidence/0/note

Explicitly proposes slower frontier capability growth.

Claim: claim-actor-amodei-9dd9fd9641936d34161787b4. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: pace · Evidence role: unspecified.

[amodei-pacing](https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier)

## /evidence/1/note

Expresses serious loss-of-control and catastrophic-misuse concern.

Claim: claim-actor-amodei-ce986bfd15d704fa82eca93d. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: concern · Evidence role: unspecified.

[amodei-pacing](https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier)

## /profile/summary

Calls for slower frontier capability growth while continuing AI development.

Claim: claim-actor-amodei-d3d975f0c6400f4267a85c3a. Annotation: synthesis.

[amodei-pacing](https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier)

## /profile/sections/0/text

His September essay proposes outside evaluators and coordination among companies and governments. It argues that extra time could improve safeguards; it does not call for all AI work to stop.

Claim: claim-actor-amodei-6754c819be6721072b82ab42. Annotation: synthesis.

[amodei-pacing](https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier)

## Source provenance

### amodei-pacing

[We Must Pace the Frontier](https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier)

Dario Amodei · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2026-09 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

The essay itself specifies the month. The September 12 publication day is corroborated by the September 14 press roundup. A proposal and a commitment are not independent verification of implementation.

No archive check recorded.