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Founder and Executive Director of PauseAI US; evolutionary biologist and AI moratorium advocate
The default should be pausing, and we should have the possibility of never unpausing from frontier AI development.
AI Verified (Feb 6, 2026)
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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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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 Quote favors pausing frontier AI with possible permanent halt, opposing the stated alternative. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3h ago
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AI Verified Recorded against; Elmore favors a pause that may never end, opposing the stated alternative. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3h ago

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AI Verified Berkeley News transcript attributes the exact wording to Holly Elmore. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3h ago
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