Could Frontier AI Researchers Collectively Slow the Race? A Conditional Pledge Mechanism

OverviewThis is a project proposal and early research on the question of how and whether Frontier AI researchers (not companies themselves) might take on personal risk and pledge to conditionally pause AI development. I am looking for feedback on whether there’s a version of this that researchers might find palatable, and if so what the details might look like. I am especially interested in hearing from people with experience in frontier AI development or doing similar advocacy and outreach work...