Researcher Argues Against Explicit AI Pause: Capital Costs Already Trigger Slowdowns
herbiebradley · x · 2026-09-04
herbiebradley explains his disagreement with the AI safety community: an explicit pause or slowdown isn't a good idea. Part of his reasoning: world events implicitly trigger slowdowns by raising the cost of capital — as demonstrated recently.
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