Pedro Domingos on Slow down AI development

Pedro Domingos

Professor of computer science at UW and author of 'The Master Algorithm'

What is the point of a six-month moratorium? To me, that letter is a piece of hysteria.

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Slow down AI development

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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: What is the point of a six-month moratorium? To me, that letter is a piece of hysteria. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded against matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: What is the point of a six-month moratorium? To me, that letter is a piece of hysteria. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified The Rotman page dated Friday, September 1, 2023 contains the exact sentence "What is the point of a six-month moratorium? To me, that letter is a piece of hysteria." and labels it directly as spoken by "Pedro Domingos," so the stored author, date, source URL, and quote text all match the source. ([rotman.utoronto.ca](https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-and-ideas/news-and-stories/2023/september/is-ai-an-existential-threat/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

Disputed A reliable Fall 2023 transcript reproduction attributes a similar statement to Pedro Domingos, but the submitted text is not verbatim. The source has him saying he doesn’t think AI is moving too fast and calls the letter "a piece of hysteria," but it does not attribute the claimed sentence about there not being an "out-of-control race" to him, and several other phrases differ materially. This is therefore an altered/paraphrased composite rather than an exact quote. ([rotman.utoronto.ca](https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-and-ideas/rotman-management-magazine/free-content/f23---ai-threat/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

I don’t think we’re going too fast at all. In fact, I don’t think we’re going fast enough. If AI is going to do things like cure cancer, do we want to have the cure years from now or yesterday? What is the point of a six-month moratorium? To me, that...

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