alt Hacker News> So, until we get a multinational pact to pause AI (which I would support), it needs to be all gas, all the time.
In other words "If others give me exactly what I want, without me making any effort for it, I will stop doing this thing I regret having to do". Someone might object that it's possible, achievable, and useful to produce partial success on the road to a comprehensive solution. Still others think it's best to not have a ceasefire while you negotiate the peace.
Do you think the US could have negotiated the New START treaty to get Russia to reduce their nuclear arms stockpile, if the US did not have parity in nukes?
Unilateral ceasefires while your opponents are at full throttle are the dumbest imaginable response.