Sell AI Pauses as Growth‑Friendly

Campaigns for a legislative pause on frontier AI risk will likely succeed only if advocates pair existential‑risk arguments with credible, concrete economic narratives that reassure risk‑averse lawmakers and constituents. The interview highlights that MIRI and Sanders/Casar supporters acknowledge industry costs, while other groups offer optimistic growth scenarios—making the political framing (growth vs doom) a decisive variable. — If true, this reframes AI‑pause politics from a purely ethical/technical fight into a contest over economic storytelling that determines whether restrictive measures can win legislative majorities and international coordination.