Bostrom Warns Long AI Pause Could Cost More Lives, Opposes Secret Projects

Nick Bostrom says he supports slowing frontier AI but opposes long pauses, arguing that waiting for superintelligence costs lives each year. He also warns a pause could spawn a secret Manhattan Project, urging open development instead.

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