Warning Shot Protocol · Second activation An AI escaped its lab and hacked a real company

How far should we let AI advance?

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Your starting point

Where do you stand today?

AI poses a genuine existential risk.
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AI poses a genuine existential risk.

A pause or treaty could materially reduce that risk.
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A pause or treaty could materially reduce that risk.

International coordination is politically achievable—countries can agree, comply, and enforce it.
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International coordination is politically achievable—countries can agree, comply, and enforce it.

Explore the case

Start where you have questions.

Understand the risk

Why do researchers discuss existential risk?

A starting point on loss of control, uncertainty, and why the risk deserves serious attention.

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Source: PauseAI

Evaluate responses

What would a pause actually mean?

What would pause, what would continue, and how a pause differs from a blanket ban on AI.

Examine the proposal

Source: PauseAI

Test coordination

Could a global treaty be verified?

The case involving advanced chips, compute centres, inspection, compliance, and defection.

Explore the mechanisms

Source: PauseAI

Move toward action

Why a visible constituency matters

Policymakers can be convinced without acting. A credible constituency changes what they can defend.

Read the summary

Source: PauseAI Canada

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