[AI giant calls for slow pace? "Big Short" Burry blasts: It's pure hype, covering up the truth of slowing growth] September 15th, the three major "leaders" in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry unanimously called for slowing down the pace of technological development last weekend. Michael Burry, a well-known “big short”, disputed this and called the push for a slower pace “self-serving.” He said the push from OpenAI, Anthropic and other large AI companies could benefit incumbents by slowing down fast-growing competitors. He also questioned the basic premise of this argument, arguing that large language models are not AGI, so "there is no AI that needs to be slowed down." Burry also said talking about the possible dangers of AI could help keep investors excited as the company prepares to go public.