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We urgently need to practice before we can pause

Nikola Jurkovic · 6 Nov 2026

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  1. The basic building block of an AI pause is trust¶7
  2. We can practice building trust before the global pause¶12
  3. We can improve procedures and technical competency with practice¶17
  4. Pacing is not a scarce resource¶20
  5. Concrete recommendations for third-party assessments¶25
  6. Going from US-only pause to global pause will likely require hardware¶32
  7. “Incrementally-shaped” does not mean slow¶35