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Future of Life · THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026
Future of Life CEO addresses Trump's proposed AI kill switch and what it would actually kill
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A switch has been proposed that stops the thing. No one has specified which thing. Adequate has three questions. None of them can be answered. One of them should not have been asked.
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