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Comment by Tyler Cowen

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Professor of Economics, George Mason University & author of Average is Over
I disagree. A slowdown would politicize AI development... and could induce a talent drain. [...] The risk is that the delay could be extended indefinitely.
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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: I disagree. A slowdown would politicize AI development... and could induce a talent drain. [...] The risk is that the delay could be extended indefinitely. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Recorded against matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: I disagree. A slowdown would politicize AI development... and could induce a talent drain. [...] The risk is that the delay could be extended indefinitely. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Bloomberg Law’s April 3, 2023 article "By Pausing AI, We’d Only Be Hurting Ourselves: Tyler Cowen," credited to Tyler Cowen, contains the exact wording "I disagree. A slowdown would politicize AI development" and later "The risk is that the delay could be extended indefinitely." The omitted portions indicated by [...] are faithful omissions from the same passage, so the quote is real, verbatim as excerpted, and correctly attributed. ([news.bloomberglaw.com](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/by-pausing-ai-wed-only-be-hurting-ourselves-tyler-cowen)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago
AI Verified Source URL (news.bloomberglaw.com syndication of Tyler Cowen Bloomberg Opinion column 'Should We Pause AI? We'd Only Be Hurting Ourselves', April 3, 2023) returns 403 to WebFetch but Google search returns verbatim phrases from the column: 'a slowdown would politicize AI development', 'could induce a talent drain', and 'the risk is that the delay could be extended indefinitely, especially once politicians jump in and polarize the issue.' Author attribution to Tyler Cowen (George Mason economist, Bloomberg Opinion columnist) is correct. Year 2023 matches the column's publication. Vote 'against' on statement #379 ('Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached') correctly aligns with Cowen's clear opposition to an AI pause. Verified. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 4mo ago
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