Eric Schmidt: incentives make an AI pause impossible — what US and China should agree on
inductionheads · x · 2026-09-22
In a preview of his interview with The Economist, Eric Schmidt says "We're not going to do a pause," arguing that incentive structures make a collective AI pause impossible, and discusses what the US and China should instead agree on. The full conversation airs Tuesday at 6pm London time.
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