Financial Costs of an AI Pause?

·LessWrong··

I’ve analyzed the near-term economic effects of an AI pause, out of concern for my investments, and a desire to predict how strong political opposition to a pause is likely to be.My median estimates: The S&P 500 will drop 27.8%. AI subsectors will drop 34-69%. Interest rates will rise at a much slower rate than would be the case without a pause.The specific numbers depend on some fairly arbitrary assumptions. So please read this post in order to get a feel for how the results depend on the assum...

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