Comment by Christopher Tozzi

Large AI deployments often run on distributed infrastructure, which makes a simple server-level shutdown far less practical than many kill switch proposals assume. One major reason is that most AI systems run on distributed infrastructure. You cannot simply turn off one server or issue a process-level command to stop a large-scale AI deployment that spans clusters, facilities, or regions. That said, there may be a realistic approach: building AI kill switches at the data center level. [...] Governments could require facilities that host certain classes of AI workloads to maintain a standardized mechanism for isolating those workloads in an emergency, most likely through network disconnection rather than power interruption.