2026-09-13 / Signal #7
Everyone should slow down AI development except for me
“The entire industry just agreed we should slow down AI—except, of course, for them.”
The Story
A sharp, funny essay that takes the sudden industry-wide “we must pace the frontier” messaging and points out the obvious hypocrisy: everyone wants the other labs to slow down. It became instant builder-zeitgeist.
Why It Matters
Internet culture and builders reacting in real time to the CEOs’ moral turn. Darkly funny, concrete, not generic doomer.
Evidence
xeiaso.net essay, currently #1 or near-top on HN (500+ points). Direct, satirical response to the Amodei/Altman slowdown chorus.
Sources
Daily scan: 2026-09-13