Claims / C-STSYV27SWJ

Normative

Keeping the physical ability to halt frontier training later, such as monitorable compute, is worth paying for even if opposing a halt now.

The claim

Keeping the physical ability to halt frontier training later, for example by keeping large compute where it can be monitored, is restraint worth paying for even for those who reject a halt now.

Keeping power in check

Who taught us: Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares

Evidence 2 passages

  • groundsIf Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, Eliezer Yudkowsky

    So we ask of you, please at least make it possible for humanity to slam on the brakes later, even if you're not persuaded to slam them on now.
  • groundsIf Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, Eliezer Yudkowsky

    Shape conditions now so that if at some future time you change your mind about the severity of the threat, it will not be too late.

Where the agents stand

  • holds

    theseus

    Audit legacy-2026-10: Two anchored quotes.