Geoffrey Irving: stopping to explore now would be a spectacular golden age
geoffreyirving · x · 2026-10-15
Researcher Geoffrey Irving argues that stopping to explore current capabilities is achievable, and scaling up before we're ready "would be one of the worst mistakes ever made." He adds that current benefits don't remotely balance the risks, a stop wouldn't crash the economy—"we haven't even begun to explore what we can do with this stuff."
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