[ExI] Elon Musk and others call for slowdown of AI research

[John Clark]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote

*> I don't even really believe Musk et al on this. *
>

*I hope you're right. *

*John K Clark *







> The slowdown is only for those who can be talked into giving up
> unilaterally.
>
> It may be a Prisoner's Dilemma, but it's one with a large number of
> players in each instance rather than just two, and good reason to believe
> that many of the other players will consistently defect no matter what.
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 7:17 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> *I think this is a very bad idea. I doubt the Chinese will do it and if
>> they say they will I wouldn't believe them. *
>>
>> *Elon Musk and others call for slowdown of AI research*
>> <https://www.facebook.com/xixidu/posts/move-your-timelines-were-going-to-slow-down-a-broad-coalition-of-figures-includi/10175513369060637/>
>>
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