Holly Elmore

Portrait of Holly Elmore

Evolutionary biologist and founder and executive director of PauseAI US, a grassroots organization advocating a pause in frontier artificial intelligence development.

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Statements by Holly Elmore

Portrait of Holly Elmore

Holly Elmore

Role at the time: Founder and Executive Director of PauseAI US, confirmed by the organization's official biography; personal account response.

Condemned

Statement summary

Replying to Wang's acknowledgement that no viable scientific plan exists for recursively self-improving AI risks, Elmore argues that admitting this while remaining at the lab is unacceptable and that Wang should quit.

“You can’t just post this without quitting.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Holly Elmore on Coxon’s warning and the frontier AI safety debate · Holly Elmore
Why we used this label

Condemns Wang's decision to remain at a lab after acknowledging severe unresolved risks.

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