🧩 Philosophy May 10, 2026 · Cassandra Threshold

Could Frontier AI Researchers Collectively Slow the Race? A Conditional Pledge Mechanism

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OverviewThis is a project proposal and early research on the question of how and whether Frontier AI researchers (not companies themselves) might take on personal risk and pledge to conditionally pause AI development. I am looking for feedback on whether there’s a version of this that researchers might find palatable, and if so what the details might look like. I am especially interested in hearing from people with experience in frontier AI development or doing similar advocacy and outreach work

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