Comment by Eliezer Yudkowsky

The moratorium on new large training runs needs to be indefinite and worldwide. There can be no exceptions, including for governments or militaries. If the policy starts with the U.S., then China needs to see that the U.S. is not seeking an advantage but rather trying to prevent a horrifically dangerous technology which can have no true owner and which will kill everyone in the U.S. and in China and on Earth. Shut down all the large GPU clusters (the large computer farms where the most powerful AIs are refined). Shut down all the large training runs. Put a ceiling on how much computing power anyone is allowed to use in training an AI system, and move it downward over the coming years to compensate for more efficient training algorithms. [...] If intelligence says that a country outside the agreement is building a GPU cluster, be less scared of a shooting conflict between nations than of the moratorium being violated; be willing to destroy a rogue datacenter by airstrike.
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AI Verified The quote clearly implies support for the statement: the author calls AI a 'horrifically dangerous technology' that 'will kill everyone in the U.S. and in China and on Earth,' and advocates an indefinite global moratorium enforced even by force. That is a direct endorsement of AI as an existential threat to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago
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AI Verified The quote calls AI "a horrifically dangerous technology" that "will kill everyone in the U.S. and in China and on Earth," which clearly supports an existential-threat view. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports a worldwide, no-exceptions international agreement on AI development, including enforcement against countries 'outside the agreement.' While it does not explicitly say 'treaty' or 'nuclear non-proliferation,' it strongly implies support for a binding international AI-safety regime of that kind. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago
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AI Verified The quote calls for an “indefinite and worldwide” moratorium with “no exceptions” and refers to countries “outside the agreement,” plus enforcement against violators, which clearly supports a binding international arrangement on AI. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports a stronger version of the statement: it calls for an "indefinite and worldwide" moratorium, shutting down large GPU clusters and training runs, with no exceptions and international enforcement. If the author supports actually imposing a global slowdown, that clearly implies support for governments and labs building the capability to do so if needed. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago
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AI Verified The quote explicitly calls for an "indefinite and worldwide" moratorium, to "shut down all the large GPU clusters," and to "put a ceiling" on training compute worldwide, which clearly supports having the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 1d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the TIME essay "Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down," published March 29, 2023 and credited to Eliezer Yudkowsky, contains these passages verbatim in consecutive paragraphs; the user's [...] is a faithful omission of intervening sentences between "more efficient training algorithms" and "If intelligence says...". ([time.com](https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-not-enough/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago
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