AI Researcher Reflects on Open Letter Proliferation: Maybe Time for a Pause
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-07-29
Quoting @ahallresearch: The past weeks saw a spike in open letters (economists, NVIDIA, lab researchers), but open letters may not be the best way to foster policy discourse. Original signer @soumitrashukla9 agrees, saying he wouldn't have signed some if he knew how they were edited.
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