Scott Alexander argues the AI safety movement should stop demanding unilateral pauses by labs, staff and countries

In a 35-minute LessWrong essay he labels the position 'Stop Unilaterally + Raise Awareness' (SURA) and argues it undermines the fallback plan in which leading alignment-focused labs spend their lead on alignment research if a global pause fails; it is an opinion essay, not a research result.

Read at LessWrong (Scott Alexander)

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