AI safety researcher: the right time to pause AI was years ago, not now
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-09
In an ongoing debate on whether frontier AI development should be paused, austinc3301 argues that the case for a pause right now seems "naively much stronger" than a pause before frontier labs were founded — while clarifying he believes the optimal pause time was probably a couple of years ago. The exchange highlights safety-community debate that the pause window may have already closed.
Related event: AI Safety Community Debates Whether Pausing Frontier AI Now Makes Sense(3 posts)→
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