We urgently need to practice before we can pause
Argues a global AI pause needs incremental precedent, with third-party verification of companies' safety-motivated slowdowns building trust and assessor competence before a pause.
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Argue about Risk Management Speed, not p(doom)
Proposes a dynamic 7-level scale for frontier AI labs' risk management culture, arguing that the rate of safety improvement, not a static p(doom), should drive safety forecasts and debates.