theconversation.com/why-calling-for-a-kill-switch-is-the-wrong-way-to-think-about-reining-in-ai-293329 Why calling for a ‘kill switch’ is the wrong way to think about reining in AI
Several 2026 AI bills and a California executive order center on a "kill switch" that could shut down a dangerous model in an emergency, but experts say today's advanced systems run on distributed infrastructure no single switch controls. The metaphor also hides the human decisions behind overseeing a runaway model.
— via The Conversation — Science, Trent Wintermeier, Ph.D. Candidate in Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin
