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

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 1:54 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
> It would appear that Trump agrees with you, Adrian.

On this, perhaps.  Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, as they say.

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

And steering, if done right, can sometimes be the only way to survive.