The AI race has no pause button
Can the development of AI be slowed down? Technically, sure. Will it be slowed down? Probably not. Any decision rests with around a dozen individuals in two countries. There are perhaps 5 entrepreneurs each in the US and China pushing the boundaries of AI. Three of them - Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and xAI's Elon Musk - have flagged an existential risk to humanity from unregulated AI and urged a slowdown.There are only two political leaders, highly flappable Donald Trump and …



