Will someone write about the symbolic importance of the ask for a pause?
Right now, most of what has been written here on this seems focused on the techno-economics as if a pause were only about slowing down a technical process.
Asking for a pause is also a signal that one is extremely serious about the risk (and by the same token, not asking for a pause but speaking about existential risks seems very hard to communicate to a broader public).
I completely agree, these posts focus only on whether a pause would be good or not, and not ml on whether a campaign for a pause, or a similar campaign with a different purpose could be positive EV considering all outcomes of the campaign
Will someone write about the symbolic importance of the ask for a pause?
Right now, most of what has been written here on this seems focused on the techno-economics as if a pause were only about slowing down a technical process.
Asking for a pause is also a signal that one is extremely serious about the risk (and by the same token, not asking for a pause but speaking about existential risks seems very hard to communicate to a broader public).
I completely agree, these posts focus only on whether a pause would be good or not, and not ml on whether a campaign for a pause, or a similar campaign with a different purpose could be positive EV considering all outcomes of the campaign
I think Holly Elmore will probably address this, at least she did in her Filan podcast appearance: https://sites.libsyn.com/438081/12-holly-elmore-on-ai-pause.
Yes, my piece will address this and why Pause advocacy can work.