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PodcastThe a16z ShowSeptember 24, 2026

The Case Against an AI Pause | Eddy Lazzarin

Lazzarin argues existing tools like liability, reputation, and cybersecurity—not a development pause—should govern AI risk.

  • P(doom) vs P(abundance): Lazzarin argues AI discourse over-indexes on doom probability while ignoring the cost of delaying beneficial technology, coining "P-abundance" as counterweight.
  • Cyber incidents, not superintelligence: He frames episodes like the Hugging Face breach and a 'gym hacking' incident as control/cybersecurity failures, not evidence of emergent misalignment.

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