Pausing AI at human level seems harder than pausing ASAP

Some people think we should pause AI, but not now. They say we should wait until AI reaches human level, 1 because: It’s not (catastrophically) dangerous until after then. Human-level AI will help us do safety research. Alternatively, other people (like me) think we should pause AI as soon as possible. Katja Grace wrote a nice concise case for pausing ASAP . I have something I’d like to add:…