Mikhail Samin on Slow down AI development

Mikhail Samin

Executive director of the AI Governance and Safety Institute; AI safety and governance researcher and advocate.

The race can be stopped. If the government had any idea what’s going on, it would be stopped already. Hell, if the Chinese government had any idea what’s going on, they’d stop the race: governments can stop unilaterally, then exercise all of their soft and hard power to stop others while using technology to avoid escalation.

AI Verified (Nov 1, 2026)

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Mikhail Samin, “Against Against SURA,” LessWrong, November 1, 2026. Samin argues that governments can stop the AI race unilaterally and use their power to stop others.

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AI Verified The quote explicitly says governments can stop the AI race and then stop others, directly supporting slowing AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 0s ago

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