# Racing Forward at All Costs Is Absurd by Jakub Pachocki > “The idea of racing forward at all costs seems absurd once one internalizes the seriousness of the stakes.” > **— Jakub Pachocki**, *An Alien Mind, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Timecoded episode recording:** [*The Ezra Klein Show* at 14:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZ90V_JREk&t=872s) — recording and precise locator for the source object preserved in this Reminder. - **Additional source:** [An Alien Mind](https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind/) — primary or contemporaneous material supporting the embedded statement or report. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff - Ezra Klein on Recursive Self-Improvement|Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff?]] — preserves broadcast order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions and the surrounding argument. - **Editorial treatment:** The poster text follows the reconciled source object without substantive alteration; spoken punctuation and transcript lineation are normalized for reading. - **Context:** Pachocki rejects maximum-speed development once the stakes of frontier intelligence and inadequate monitoring are taken seriously. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **Article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Jakub Pachocki|Jakub Pachocki]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Jakub Pachocki|Jakub Pachocki]] - [[wiki/An Alien Mind|An Alien Mind]] - [[wiki/AI Pacing|AI Pacing]] - [[wiki/OpenAI|OpenAI]] - [[wiki/Frontier AI|Frontier AI]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The idea of racing forward at all costs seems absurd once one internalizes the seriousness of the stakes.” — Jakub Pachocki, An Alien Mind, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-jakub-pachocki-racing-forward-all-costs-absurd ```