# MacAskill wants to pause AI at a threshold nobody can define

- slug: macaskill-wants-to-pause-ai-at-a-threshold-nobody-can-define
- date: 2026-04-22
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

On a podcast released this week, Will MacAskill made the case for pausing AI development at the moment it can automate its own research. That moment has no definition.

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