One poster jokes AI should be paused so burned-out lab friends can take a screen-free vacation

shakoistsLog · x · 2026-07-29

A tongue-in-cheek post says we should “pause AI” — not because of AI risk, but because friends working at labs seem sad and burned out.

The joke suggestion: send them on a screen-free vacation at a bucolic resort instead of continuing the pace of AI progress.

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