Andrew Ng on Pausing AI at human-genius level to sol…

Andrew Ng

Baidu; Stanford CS faculty; founded Coursera and Google Brain

But the idea of asking AI labs to slow down just doesn't seem practical or implementable to me. Especially in this frankly competitive business environment with labs and countries trying to build advanced technologies and creating a lot of value. And the only thing worse than that would be if government steps in to pass legislations to pause AI, which would be really terrible innovation policy. I can't imagine it being a good idea for government to pass laws to slow down progress of technology that even the governments, and frankly, even that don't fully understand.

AI Verified (Apr 9, 2023)

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Ng and LeCun on the 6-Month Pause (Transcript)

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

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AI Verified The quote directly says slowing labs is impractical and a government pause would be terrible innovation policy, so the statement is relevant. gpt-5 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote says slowing labs is impractical and a government pause would be terrible innovation policy, so 'against' matches. gpt-5 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

Slow down AI development

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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: But the idea of asking AI labs to slow down just doesn't seem practical or implementable to me. Especially in this frankly competitive business environment with labs and countries trying to build advanced technologies and creating a lot of · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2d ago

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AI Verified Recorded against matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: But the idea of asking AI labs to slow down just doesn't seem practical or implementable to me. Especially in this frankly competitive business environment with labs and countries trying to build advanced technologies and creating a lot of · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2d ago

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