New 210-page paper analyzes whether a hardwired pause of frontier AI training is feasible
KatjaGrace · x · 2026-10-10
A new 210-page interdisciplinary working paper, "The Feasibility of a Hardwired Pause of Frontier AI Training" (25+ coauthors, shared by David Krueger), systematically examines whether a durable global pause on frontier AI training is technically and politically feasible.
Context: a recent WSJ poll found 63% of voters support pausing AI development. Krueger calls it the best plan by most people's lights, though he personally still leans toward eliminating chips and fabs entirely. The paper engages with the physical constraints of compute infrastructure — the first serious large-scale technical analysis of pause feasibility.
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