Proposal: make an AI pause durable by phasing out training chips for inference-only hardware
wfithian · x · 2026-11-02
wfithian outlines the "Hardwired Pause" proposal: to make an AI pause durable, build it into hardware by phasing out AI training chips in favor of inference-only chips, physically limiting large-scale training. He teamed up with Mithuna of Looking Glass Universe, who published a YouTube explainer video on the idea.
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