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Don't call it a "pause", as that messages that a pause is much weirder than it is.

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Eric Schmidt said on CNN that AI progress will not be paused because the entire incentive system in America works against pausing, and that enforcing a ban across all labs would be hard.

Why it matters: It indicates a leading industry figure sees no practical path to a coordinated halt in AI development.

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“Eric Schmidt on CNN: "we're not going to pause AI progress because the entire incentive system in America is not to pause." And he added, it's hard to enforce a ban across all labs.”
LessWrong, 19 Sept 2026, 23:14.

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