Researcher argues against an immediate AI pause: absolutist policy is hard to back out of
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-11-15
NathanpmYoung explains why he dislikes calls for an immediate AI pause: absolutist policy feels impossible to back out of, and every month of steady acceleration without a foom is evidence against foom — so locking into absolutist positions makes little sense.
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