Why honest AI pause advocates ask for 50 years: they want unpredictable new theory
panickssery · x · 2026-11-01
@panickssery concludes his critique of the pause AI position: he sees no research or engineering done during a pause that would lead pause advocates to support unpausing — which explains why "pause AI" is a euphemism for "stop AI." Honest pause advocates propose 50-year pauses because what they want is new, unpredictable, groundbreaking theory rather than incremental safety progress.
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