AI pause
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 19, 2026 by Nick Bostrom · across every show →
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Aug 19, 2026 negative
Bostrom: Imperfect AI pauses hand initiative to irresponsible actors
“So if the pause only applies to the most responsible actors, for example, then a long pause would remove the initiative from the most responsible AI developers and shift it over to the Less responsible AI developers who decide not to abide by the past”
Aug 19, 2026 negative
Bostrom: Long AI Pauses Risk Creating A Dangerous Hardware Overhang
“Another is that you might with a longer pause start to build up a lot of hardware overhang. It's a like, if we keep building out bigger data centers and chips are getting better than a long pause would result in a situation where you now have such a massive am…”