Comment by Mustafa Suleyman

If consciousness started to emerge in training, I would call for everyone to stop AI development until we could design out those properties.
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AI Verified Quote explicitly says everyone should stop AI development if consciousness emerges; that is a clear conditional slowdown position. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Recorded for. Suleyman explicitly says everyone should stop AI development under the stated safety condition. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified AOL’s November 2 report reproduces Suleyman’s X-post wording and attributes it to the Microsoft AI CEO. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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