It seems that you have to really thread the needle to get from “5% p(doom)” to “we must pause, now!”. You have to reason such that you are not self-interested but are also a great chauvinist for the human species.
This comment seems more to be resisting political action (pause AI) than pursuing it. If anything, your concern about political actors becoming monsters would more apply to the sort of people who want to create a world government to ban X globally, than people bringing up objections.
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This comment seems more to be resisting political action (pause AI) than pursuing it. If anything, your concern about political actors becoming monsters would more apply to the sort of people who want to create a world government to ban X globally, than people bringing up objections.