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Professor of physics at the University of Chicago; Chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board; founding director of the UChicago Existential Risk Laboratory
It’s an extremely powerful technology, just like the power of the atom was a new, extraordinary, powerful technology. And it’s very important to be prudent when the scientists who are developing it are telling you ‘maybe we should take a break?’
AI Verified (Sep 26, 2026)
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Daniel Holz, founding director of the University of Chicago Existential Risk Laboratory, quoted in Greta Reich, “Doomsday Clock expert worried about ‘an extremely pressing threat’,” The1News/USA Today, September 26, 2026.
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AI Verified The quote identifies AI as the technology and endorses heeding developers’ call to “take a break,” directly supporting a slowdown. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 59min ago
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AI Verified “Take a break” supports the recorded for vote on slowing AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 59min ago

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AI Verified The cited September 26 source reproduces this wording and attributes it to Daniel Holz. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 59min ago
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