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Founder and Executive Director of PauseAI US; evolutionary biologist and AI moratorium advocate
The scale of the danger really could cripple civilization or cause extinction, and the possibility of this alone is reason enough to pursue pausing frontier AI development.
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Holly Elmore, “Berkeley Talks: An evolutionary biologist makes the case for pausing AI,” Berkeley News, February 6, 2026.
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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed
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AI Verified Recorded answer 'for' matches the stance supported by the verified quote and source context. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo 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: inction, and the possibility of this alone is reason enough to pursue pausing frontier AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: inction, and the possibility of this alone is reason enough to pursue pausing frontier AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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