Ex-DeepMind engineer: pausing AI progress forever is hopeless
MikePFrank · x · 2026-08-23
MikePFrank argues it's hopeless to think one could just pause AI and permanently prevent progress into higher modes of cognition. His interlocutor counters that humans, "designed" by evolution, have more reason to exhibit take-over-the-world failure modes.
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