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The constraint running through every serious debate about artificial general intelligence is a sequencing problem: capability research has historically moved faster than the safety evaluation infrastructure meant to govern what gets released.
Shane Legg, a co-founder of DeepMind, has formalized that concern into an institution.
Legg has launched a new institute dedicated to exploring the deployment of artificial general intelligence, adding his weight to growing calls for the industry to slow down.
His warning is blunt: AI development must not outrun its safety controls.
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