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1: Comment of the week: some etymology detectives challenge Jeremy Bentham’s priority in coining various words and prefixes; the strongest counterclaim comes from Quentin Murphy, who finds examples of the self- prefix from the 17th century.
2: The Huggingface incident has brought a possible AI pause - or slowdown, or even a short break for breathing room - into the Overton window (first tweet by OpenAI researcher, second by pro-pause activist).
roon@tszzl
if we could coordinate a global capabilities slowdown today i would likely press that magic button
8:59 PM · Jul 25, 2026 · 534K Views
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Michaël Trazzi@MichaelTrazzi
fwiw I've personally seen DMs from 2 of the 4 leading AI CEOs saying roughly the same thing it's not that there's no willingness to slowdown / pause it's a coordination problem, so we need governments to enforce it
roon @tszzl
if we could coordinate a global capabilities slowdown today i would likely press that magic button
2:11 AM · Jul 26, 2026 · 20.6K Views
19 Replies · 19 Reposts · 197 Likes
If you want to monitor the situation more closely, MIRI has a newish Substack called StopWatch where they discuss daily developments in the field (it’s also a podcast). I’ve added it to my blogroll.
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