Dwarkesh comes out against AI pause: pausing now would raise takeover risk
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-09-04
Dwarkesh Patel clarifies his stance after Bernie Sanders cited him in a push for an AI pause: pausing now would increase the risk of AI takeover. A pause only makes sense with a clear story—e.g., to ensure pre-explosion AIs are well monitored and aligned. Commentator Garrison Lovely counters that compute could be paused too (freezing AI chips, per his book Obsolete), and that the Sanders-Casar bill outright bans superintelligence, undermining the premise.
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