Eric Schmidt says pausing AI is impossible; critics counter humanity matters too
birchlse · x · 2026-09-23
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt argued against any AI pause: it's "counter to the incentives of all the players" and there's no way to verify compliance. Quote-tweeter Connor Axiotes pushed back that "the whole of humanity are pretty important players" and the world shouldn't be thrown into tumult for private companies' profit incentives.
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