AI Precaution and Pause Advocacy
Argues that the development of highly capable AI should be constrained, slowed, or paused when serious risks cannot be adequately evaluated or controlled. Advocates emphasize independent assessment and governance before irreversible deployment.
Reference boundary: Requires direct questions about technology and risk. It is not equivalent to pessimism, longtermism, or a complete economic and political ideology.
Foundational doctrines
- Precaution under severe uncertainty
- Independent safety assessment
- Governance of advanced AI
Disagreement and variation
Pauses raise questions about enforceability, the allocation of decision-making power, and the costs of delayed beneficial uses. Supporters differ sharply about thresholds, duration, present harms, and long-run risks.
Numerical positions in the interactive model are editorial reference estimates, not scientifically validated measurements.