Since this post cites me, I want to clarify that I think pausing right now would increase the risk of AI takeover. It might be important to pause at some point. But you should have a clear story for *why* you're pausing. Pause to do what? The most important thing to worry about is AIs subverting the intelligence explosion itself: https://x.com/dwarkesh_sp/status/2095170… If you're pausing to make sure that the AIs who are about to kick off the intelligence explosion are well…