Pause AI
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Pause AI is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between November 26, 2025 and March 25, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “The most extreme organization in this category, Pause AI, has this on their FAQ”; “Pause AI, the biggest activist group in this area, says :“. It most often appears alongside America, China, 9/11.
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- Category: Organizations
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: November 26, 2025
- Last seen: March 25, 2026
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- America (2 shared issues)
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- China (2 shared issues)
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- 11 (1 shared issues)
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- AI ethics (1 shared issues)
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- AI Safety (1 shared issues)
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- American AI (1 shared issues)
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- American AIs (1 shared issues)
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- Anthropic (1 shared issues)
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- Apollo Research (1 shared issues)
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- applications (1 shared issues)
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- Biden administration (1 shared issues)
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- Bureau of Industry and Security (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
What about extreme far-future asks? Aren’t there safetyists who want to pause AI progress entirely?
Most people who discuss this want a mutual pause. The most extreme organization in this category, Pause AI, has this on their FAQ:
Inline links: their FAQ
SUPPORTER: America needs to start talking to China to come up with a bilateral agreement to pause AI. The agreement would need to be transparent, mutually enforceable, and…
OPPONENT: We can’t unilaterally pause AI! China would destroy us!
OPPONENT: You fool! Don’t you know that while we unilaterally pause AI, China will be racing ahead and using their lead to erode our fundamental rights and freedoms? How could you be so naive!