"The regulator has to understand the inevitability of technological progress and, therefore, be proactive, not reactive, even if the wider population is worried about it." Riiiiight. Apply this now to nuclear weapons development in the 40s and 50s. Your logic would have weighed against smart domestic and int'l regulation regulation of nukes.

Many very intelligent observers believe that AI may well be far more dangerous than nukes, so this parallel is quite apropos. It is entirely prudent at this time to take the 6 month pause/moratorium and let everyone take a collective breath as we all consider what role we want AI to play in our lives.

This is Pandora's Box. Let's not open it fully without thinking through very very thoroughly whether we want to open it.