Let's say we coordinate to pace the frontier, but we don't coordinate on an outright pause. What should the standard of pacing be?My proposal for a minimum requirement: a lab cannot train the next generation of models (in terms of capabilities) until they have adequately[1] resolved all significant alignment issues in the present generation of models.You don't launch a jet that goes at Mach 3 before you've figured out why your Mach 2 jet keeps crashing[2]. With any other kind of dangerous technology, we wouldn't accept "shrug and move on".This proposal may appeal to many prosaic-alignment optimists and pessimists, because they usually differ on how easy it would be to fix current alignment issues with current techniques. Prosaic-alignment optimists might expect that a moderate coordinated slowdown would suffice to adequately resolve alignment issues at each generation.Prosaic-alignment pessimists might expect it to result in an extended pause, buying time to discover new fundamental ap...