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Global campaign to pause frontier AI
We’re calling for a ban on more powerful general AI systems, until we know how to build provably safe AI, and [...] under democratic control.
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AI Verified PauseAI’s official FAQ contains the full sentence: “We’re calling for a ban on more powerful general AI systems, until we know how to build provably safe AI, and we have them under democratic control.” The submitted version is a faithful excerpt, with “[...]” standing in for “we have them.” PauseAI’s GitHub history for `src/posts/faq.md` shows this exact wording was introduced in commit `62b9838` on April 25, 2025. That makes the quote authentic, correctly attributed to PauseAI, and supported by the cited FAQ source. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Source URL (pauseai.info/faq) returns 403 to WebFetch but Google search returns the substantive content matching the quote across PauseAI's FAQ, proposal, and values pages: 'a pause on the training of the most powerful general AI systems, until we know how to build them safely and keep them under democratic control' and explicit calls for 'provably safe AI'. Author attribution to PauseAI as the institutional source is correct. Year 2025 reflects the organization's current and ongoing stance. Vote 'for' on statement #379 ('Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached') is perfectly aligned — banning frontier AI development pending safety consensus is PauseAI's foundational mission. Verified. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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