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Weaponized self-doubt

The biggest hook they had in me was this fear that I’m dangerously inadequate and *they* somehow held the keys to mitigating that.

May 11 • Holly Elmore

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April 2026

Anthropic delenda est

Anthropic is not "the good one". All maneuvering toward superintelligence must Pause, especially theirs.

Apr 30 • Holly Elmore

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Exiting the belly of the beast

Twitter is kind of a facet of my job.

Apr 27 • Holly Elmore

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Underappreciated podcast with Peter Scott

Check out this podcast that I didn’t properly promote when it came out.

Apr 4 • Holly Elmore

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March 2026

Why I’m not nice or cool with the enemies of humanity

People who diss small talk ignore its power at their peril.

Mar 30 • Holly Elmore

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YOU have the power: my Stop the AI Race speech

On 4/21/26, the largest AI Safety protest in US history was held in San Francisco. This is what I said to the crowd.

Mar 24 • Holly Elmore

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Coming out of the trance of overresponsibility

When I remember that the threat of superintelligence is not my fault, and it doesn’t mean that there is something wrong with me or that I’m not trying…

Mar 20 • Holly Elmore

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I give up, this blog is about pausing AI now

Updates on content and paid subscriptions now pay out to PauseAI US

Mar 17 • Holly Elmore

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February 2026

Low effort podcast #3: How I really feel about AI evals

This is my side of an academic interview on the values of evals to the field of AI Safety. Listen for context on my scathing twitter takes.

Feb 6 • Holly Elmore

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December 2025

Read “ The moral critic of the AI industry—a Q&A with Holly Elmore” in FOOM Magazine

Where we discuss my calling out of Joe Carlsmith, among other things.

Dec 26, 2025 • Holly Elmore

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An open letter to effective altruists

This was originally posted to EA Forum under the title Thoughts on my relationship to EA (and please donate to PauseAI US).

Dec 23, 2025 • Holly Elmore

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Repetition is masturbation

Healthy and fun.

Dec 13, 2025 • Holly Elmore

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