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Comment by Michael Dickens

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Writer at Philosophical Multicore on explicit Bayesian reasoning and decision-making
A global moratorium on superintelligence buys us more time to work on alignment as well as all of the post-alignment problems. Pausing AI is in the common interest of many causes.
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Michael Dickens, “Pausing AI Is the Best Answer to Post-Alignment Problems,” LessWrong, April 11, 2026.
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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached
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AI Verified Explicitly advocates a global moratorium on superintelligence. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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AI Verified Recorded for matches explicit global superintelligence moratorium. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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 A global AI moratorium supports capability for a global slowdown. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 18d ago
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AI Verified Correct for: Dickens supports a global moratorium, implying global slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 18d ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim in Michael Dickens's LessWrong post, 11 Apr 2026. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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