Anti-pause stance: slowing AI progress is “anti-human,” says one reply
mark_k · x · 2026-07-29
In a reply, the author argues that slowing progress in any field is anti-human, and says people calling for pausing or pacing AI development are “traitors to our species.”
It’s a blunt pro-acceleration stance rather than a policy proposal, but it is still a clear argument about how society should treat AI progress.
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