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What podcasts say about Temporary AI development pause
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What experts have said about Temporary AI development pause
5 statements · 3 positive · 2 negative
A globally coordinated pause is preferable to a unilateral domestic pause.
“I do not think we should do a domestic pause. I think we should do it.”
Open the episode · AI Debate Ed Zitron, Andrew McAfee, Nate Soares, Roman YampolskiyListen at 1:21:45
A global pause in frontier AI development is feasible.
“Absolutely.”
Open the episode · AI Debate Ed Zitron, Andrew McAfee, Nate Soares, Roman YampolskiyListen at 1:21:49
Freezing current AI would forgo nearly all benefits while retaining substantial risks.
“If you froze it in its current state and didn't keep improving it, you're missing out on 99.9% of the benefit while still having a huge amount of the downside.”
Open the episode · Frontier Labs Want to Slow Down, OpenAI Delays Its 2026 IPO, Anthropic Flags 5 Bioweapon Cases | EP #291Listen at 1:35:50
Previous AI pause efforts may have accelerated AI progress.
“if anything radically accelerated progress”
Open the episode · Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 with Emad Mostaque | EP #279Listen at 1:18:33
A temporary AI slowdown could improve safety by allowing safeguards to be checked.
“I can sort of see that it will become super intelligent. They hope it's aligned. It might be very helpful in that situation to have a few extra months just to sort of double check all your safeguards”
Open the episode · #2525 - Nick BostromListen at 1:40:07
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