Moratoria on dangerous research are ineffective because malevolent actors will not respect them, and the cost of being deprived of beneficial technology from unilateral restraint outweighs the benefit of slowed progress.

normativepending

Speaker

David Deutsch

Evidence Quote

the trouble with moratoria is that not everybody will obey it and the Bad actors are definitely not going to obey it

Source

David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), & The Enemies of ProgressJoseph Noel Walker
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:21:48 PM

My Notes

Loading notes...