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AI Pause DeĀ­bate (2023)

TagLast edit: 9 Jan 2024 14:34 UTC by Toby TremlettšŸ”¹

The AI Pause Debate was a collection of posts on the costs and benefits of pausing or slowing some kinds of AI progress, plus some relevant advocacy and policy considerations. It occurred in September 2023.

The primary posts in the debate were collected in this sequence.

DeĀ­bate seĀ­ries: should we push for a pause on the deĀ­velĀ­opĀ­ment of AI?

Ben_WestšŸ”ø8 Sep 2023 16:29 UTC
252 points
58 comments1 min readEA link

Pause For Thought: The AI Pause Debate

Scott Alexander10 Oct 2023 15:34 UTC
109 points
20 comments14 min readEA link
(www.astralcodexten.com)

The Case for AI Safety AdĀ­voĀ­cacy to the Public

Holly Elmore āøļø šŸ”ø20 Sep 2023 12:03 UTC
257 points
58 comments14 min readEA link

PausĀ­ing AI might be good policy, but itā€™s bad politics

Stephen Clare23 Oct 2023 13:36 UTC
162 points
20 comments2 min readEA link
(unfoldingatlas.substack.com)

ComĀ­ments on ManĀ­heimā€™s ā€œWhatā€™s in a Pause?ā€

RobBensinger18 Sep 2023 12:16 UTC
74 points
11 comments6 min readEA link

Policy ideas for mitiĀ­gatĀ­ing AI risk

Thomas Larsen16 Sep 2023 10:31 UTC
121 points
16 comments10 min readEA link

Timelines are short, p(doom) is high: a global stop to fronĀ­tier AI deĀ­velĀ­opĀ­ment unĀ­til x-safety conĀ­senĀ­sus is our only reaĀ­sonĀ­able hope

Greg_Colbourn12 Oct 2023 11:24 UTC
73 points
85 comments9 min readEA link

Itā€™s not obĀ­viĀ­ous that getĀ­ting danĀ­gerĀ­ous AI later is better

Aaron_Scher23 Sep 2023 5:35 UTC
23 points
9 comments16 min readEA link

The posĀ­siĀ­bilĀ­ity of an inĀ­definite AI pause

Matthew_Barnett19 Sep 2023 12:28 UTC
90 points
73 comments15 min readEA link

We are not alone: many comĀ­muĀ­niĀ­ties want to stop Big Tech from scalĀ­ing unĀ­safe AI

Remmelt22 Sep 2023 17:38 UTC
28 points
30 comments4 min readEA link

AI Pause Will Likely Backfire

Nora Belrose16 Sep 2023 10:21 UTC
141 points
167 comments13 min readEA link

MudĀ­dling Along Is More Likely Than Dystopia

Jeffrey Heninger21 Oct 2023 9:30 UTC
87 points
3 comments8 min readEA link
(blog.aiimpacts.org)

How to think about slowĀ­ing AI

Zach Stein-Perlman17 Sep 2023 11:23 UTC
74 points
9 comments3 min readEA link

Aim for conĀ­diĀ­tional pauses

AnonResearcherMajorAILab25 Sep 2023 1:05 UTC
100 points
42 comments12 min readEA link

How could a moraĀ­toĀ­rium fail?

Davidmanheim22 Sep 2023 15:11 UTC
48 points
4 comments9 min readEA link

Whatā€™s in a Pause?

Davidmanheim16 Sep 2023 10:13 UTC
74 points
11 comments9 min readEA link

StuĀ­art J. RusĀ­sell on ā€œshould we press pause on AI?ā€

Kaleem18 Sep 2023 13:19 UTC
32 points
3 comments1 min readEA link
(podcasts.apple.com)

AI is cenĀ­tralĀ­izĀ­ing by deĀ­fault; letā€™s not make it worse

Quintin Pope21 Sep 2023 13:35 UTC
53 points
16 comments15 min readEA link

[Question] ComĀ­mon reĀ­butĀ­tal to ā€œpausĀ­ingā€ or regĀ­uĀ­latĀ­ing AI

sammyboiz22 May 2024 4:21 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

AI Safety Protest, Melbourne, AusĀ­tralia

Mark Brown17 Jan 2025 14:55 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

PausĀ­ing AI vs DeĀ­growth in rich countries

Miquel Banchs-PiquƩ (prev. mikbp)23 Sep 2023 7:09 UTC
āˆ’2 points
53 comments1 min readEA link

Unions for AI safety?

dEAsign24 Sep 2023 0:13 UTC
7 points
12 comments2 min readEA link

ā€œWe can Prevent AI Disaster Like We Prevented NuĀ­clear CatasĀ­troĀ­pheā€

Peter23 Sep 2023 20:36 UTC
15 points
1 comment1 min readEA link
(time.com)

Public Opinion on AI Safety: AIMS 2023 and 2021 Summary

Janet Pauketat25 Sep 2023 18:09 UTC
19 points
0 comments3 min readEA link
(www.sentienceinstitute.org)

CareĀ­less talk on US-China AI comĀ­peĀ­tiĀ­tion? (and critĀ­iĀ­cism of CAIS covĀ­erĀ­age)

Oliver Sourbut20 Sep 2023 12:46 UTC
52 points
19 comments1 min readEA link
(www.oliversourbut.net)

Go MoĀ­biĀ­lize? LesĀ­sons from GM Protests for PausĀ­ing AI

Charlie Harrison24 Oct 2023 15:01 UTC
48 points
11 comments31 min readEA link

LyĀ­ing is Cowardice, not Strategy

Connor Leahy25 Oct 2023 5:59 UTC
āˆ’5 points
15 comments5 min readEA link
(cognition.cafe)

The InĀ­terĀ­naĀ­tional PauseAI Protest: AcĀ­tivism unĀ­der uncertainty

Joseph Miller12 Oct 2023 17:36 UTC
129 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

Weā€™re Not Ready: thoughts on ā€œpausĀ­ingā€ and reĀ­sponĀ­siĀ­ble scalĀ­ing policies

Holden Karnofsky27 Oct 2023 15:19 UTC
150 points
23 comments1 min readEA link

EffiĀ­cacy of AI AcĀ­tivism: Have We Ever Said No?

Charlie Harrison27 Oct 2023 16:52 UTC
78 points
25 comments20 min readEA link

The ā€œtechĀ­nolĀ­ogyā€ bucket error

Holly Elmore āøļø šŸ”ø21 Sep 2023 0:59 UTC
33 points
10 comments4 min readEA link
(open.substack.com)
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