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Holly Elmore

Founder and Executive Director, PauseAI US

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“It was like four days after the Jacob Coxon tweet storm, and the difference in like the receptivity from congressional offices was wild, you know, they wanted like a lot of detail suddenly from our constituents.”
The Case Against Eliezer Yudkowsky — with Holly Elmore, PauseAI USDoom Debates, October 13, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Elmore describes a PauseAI US lobbying day in Congress held shortly after a tweet thread by Jacob Coxon that the speakers treat as a turning point.
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“I'm saying CEV is not what people have chosen, and you need to get their permission first.”
The Case Against Eliezer Yudkowsky — with Holly Elmore, PauseAI USDoom Debates, October 13, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Elmore answers Shapira's defense of coherent extrapolated volition (CEV), Yudkowsky's idea of an AI acting on what humanity would converge on after long deliberation.
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“I'm just pissed at like the way that he does things specifically to like alienate and like damage the reputation of the cause”
The Case Against Eliezer Yudkowsky — with Holly Elmore, PauseAI USDoom Debates, October 13, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Responding to Shapira's view that the rift with Yudkowsky was unnecessary, Elmore cites a recent photo featuring Yudkowsky that, in Elmore's view, was meant to repel ordinary people.
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“I think the truth is that like the computer fraud and abuse act like already covers what happened in the hugging face incident”
The Case Against Eliezer Yudkowsky — with Holly Elmore, PauseAI USDoom Debates, October 13, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Discussing how AI developers could be held to account, Elmore argues existing law already applies to the Hugging Face incident and expects OpenAI to be found responsible.
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  1. PodcastDoom DebatesSpeaks

    The Case Against Eliezer Yudkowsky — with Holly Elmore, PauseAI US

    In a 106-minute Doom Debates episode, PauseAI US founder Holly Elmore argues that Eliezer Yudkowsky's early superintelligence plans amounted to a coup without people's consent and that Yudkowsky's public conduct alienates people the pause movement needs. Host Liron Shapira defends Yudkowsky. Elmore also describes congressional offices turning receptive and argues AI lab employees should eventually face jail.