# Jeffrey Ladish

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Real Alpha has cut 5 moments of Jeffrey Ladish (Executive director, Palisade Research) talking, from an interview on MTS published Nov 6, 2026.

- Role: Executive director, Palisade Research
- About: Studies AI offensive capabilities at Palisade; helped build Anthropic’s information-security program.
- On X: https://x.com/JeffLadish

## What Jeffrey Ladish said

- [METR sees faster progress, but key evidence remains hidden](https://realalpha.app/s/metr-sees-faster-progress-but-key-evidence-remains-hidden/)
  MTS · Nov 6, 2026 · 3 min
  > “I think that, like, Anthropic should release this data, unredact this data, so that, like, the whole world can assess this for themselves.” — Jeffrey Ladish · [3:34](https://realalpha.app/v/m1DSOfjAU5s/?t=214)
- [Pacing may need to include limits on model use](https://realalpha.app/s/pacing-may-need-to-include-limits-on-model-use/)
  MTS · Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min
  > “the level of pacing should be like man slam on the brakes” — Jeffrey Ladish · [14:21](https://realalpha.app/v/m1DSOfjAU5s/?t=861)
- [AI gains generalize unevenly, especially in social skills](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-gains-generalize-unevenly-especially-in-social-skills/)
  MTS · Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min
  > “the models are still not very funny or charismatic.” — Jeffrey Ladish · [22:42](https://realalpha.app/v/m1DSOfjAU5s/?t=1362)
- [Real agent work is a better capability test than benchmarks](https://realalpha.app/s/real-agent-work-is-a-better-capability-test-than-benchmarks/)
  MTS · Nov 6, 2026 · 3 min
  > “i just went from like using agents sometimes to using agents every single day” — Jeffrey Ladish · [5:06](https://realalpha.app/v/m1DSOfjAU5s/?t=306)
- [A pacing deal could create room to establish a safety case](https://realalpha.app/s/a-pacing-deal-could-create-room-to-establish-a-safety-case/)
  MTS · Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min
  > “what i think might happen optimistically is something like there is a negotiation between people who are saying you know let's do very moderate pacing” — Jeffrey Ladish · [19:13](https://realalpha.app/v/m1DSOfjAU5s/?t=1153)

## The episode

- [AI Agents Could Seize Digital Infrastructure in 1 Year](https://realalpha.app/v/m1DSOfjAU5s/) · MTS · Nov 6, 2026