Pausing AI will fail and only accelerate race dynamics.

Pausing AI will fail and only accelerate race dynamics. | if you attempt to pause either one company or one country, the rest of the world will race ahead and that will result in a further escalation of capabilities... all it does is is further accelerate the race dynamic that's already present. | International AI governance summits

Key catalyst: International AI governance summits

if you attempt to pause either one company or one country, the rest of the world will race ahead and that will result in a further escalation of capabilities... all it does is is further accelerate the race dynamic that's already present.

Pausing AI accelerates race — game-theoretic reality.

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