From within the halls of the industry that built it, a rare and telling alarm is being raised: artificial intelligence may be advancing beyond the capacity of human wisdom to guide it. Prominent technology executives are calling for a deliberate pause, while journalist Stephen Witt argues that slowing down alone cannot address what may be a structural problem at the heart of how powerful systems are built and governed. The moment is significant not because outsiders are sounding warnings, but because those who have profited most from the acceleration are beginning to question whether the road