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
Full primary public post and available surrounding thread. Related context: https://x.com/a_nnawang/status/2097720574500102615 https://www.pauseai-us.org/about/ Speaker and position scope are explained in the linked event.
Why we used this label
Condemns Wang's decision to remain at a lab after acknowledging severe unresolved risks.