Comment by William MacAskill

First let’s talk about pause at human level — that’s a phrase from Ryan Greenblatt. So that’s when we’re at the point of time of AI engaging in AI R&D, at this point of time when things perhaps go even faster, should we at that point be trying to slow things down, even pause, stop and start, and so on? And then I’m like, yes, definitely. This is both the dangerous period and the fastest period. Or at least it’s potentially both of those things at once.