Ellen Goodman on Governments and labs should build the c…

Ellen Goodman

Professor at Rutgers Law School and co-founder of its Institute for Information Policy & Law.

I'm not sure that pauses don't work. I think labs are begging for what they call pacing. So it's not about a technology pause, but it's about a pause for governance.

AI Verified (Sep 2, 2026)

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Ellen Goodman, quoted in Broadband Breakfast, “A Looming ‘Tokenocracy’ Threatens Regulators Ability to Govern AI,” September 2, 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 Supports governance pacing and a governance pause; substantively supports readiness to slow frontier development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Correct answer for: endorses governance pacing/pause capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

Slow down AI development

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AI Verified The quote explicitly discusses AI labs seeking pacing and a pause for governance, so it covers slowing AI development while expressing a mixed/uncertain stance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 16d ago

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AI Verified Abstain matches Goodman’s mixed wording: she is “not sure” pauses fail and distinguishes a governance pause from a technology pause. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 16d ago