26 researchers publish 212-page paper on feasibility of a "hardwired pause" of frontier AI
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-11-10
David Scott Krueger summarizes a 212-page paper, "The Feasibility of a Hardwired Pause of Frontier AI Training," from a 26-researcher working group led by Will Fithian and Wesley Holliday — reportedly the most in-depth pause-feasibility analysis to date.
- Core claim: the best plan is an immediate, indefinite, international moratorium on frontier AI development — technically easier than nuanced international regulation.
- Hardwired pause: stop manufacturing chips usable for training; make only "inference-only" (hardwired) chips, making the pause robust and durable.
- Feasibility: if stopping starts within a year, the pause could likely hold for at least a decade and probably be extended indefinitely — without trusting China or tanking the economy.
- Krueger notes he speaks for himself, and welcomes disagreement.
Related event: 26 Researchers Argue a Decade-Long Hard Pause on Frontier AI Is Feasible(3 posts)→
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