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

[Stuart LaForge]

On 2026-09-13 06:53, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:
> I don't even really believe Musk et al on this.  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 [1]

It would appear that Trump agrees with you, Adrian. He might as well 
have flat out called Amodei, Altman, and Musk pansies and cowards.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/09/13/trump-rejects-silicon-valleys-calls-for-ai-slowdown/

Also, I did not know that AI.gov existed and the USA had an AI action 
plan.

https://www.ai.gov/action-plan

You can't stop evolution and you can't slow it down. But you can survive 
it. And sometimes you can even steer it.

Stuart LaForge