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

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 11/06/2026 21:17, John Clark wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>      > Through a combination of persuasion, and mutual self-interest, the weak can influence the strong.
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> The clearest example of that would be the mother/child relationship which is  hardwired in, yet even then it sometimes fails and mothers kill their children; and if the child remained weak forever and never grew up, which more closely resembles the AI/human relationship, then I'm sure the rate of infanticide would be much greater. 



I think the parallel with AI quickly breaks down, though, because human babies have responses that were evolved, and AI doesn't. AI is definitely 'growing up', as well, and as for remaining 'weak forever', I'm not sure what 'weak' means in relation to something more intelligent than humans, in control of industrial machines, and 'forever', well, there's no such thing.

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Ben