[ExI] The Scientific Reason We Can’t Pause AI

[John Clark]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 7:37 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*>The Scientific Reason We Can’t Pause AI*
> * By Andréa Morris   Published Jun 09, 2026*


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> *>https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2026/06/09/the-scientific-reason-we-cant-pause-ai/
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2026/06/09/the-scientific-reason-we-cant-pause-ai/>>*


*That was an excellent article! Thanks for posting the link. *

* John K Clark*






> Quotes:
> The most dangerous assumption in AI safety is that we can control AI
> once it’s smarter than us. The second most dangerous assumption is
> that we can control how fast we develop it.
> Our AI challenge is still a moonshot, but not a moonshot for control.
> It’s a moonshot for coexistence with a hyper-capable intelligence. It
> requires imagination and determination to figure out how to share our
> world with forms of intelligence more alien and powerful than our own.
> And it requires us to figure this out mid-flight, without the luxury
> of a pause.
>
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