Policy Modeling Desk • Editorial Inquiry Series

AI Moratorium Risk & Impact Scenario Planner

Inspired by Peggy Noonan’s WSJ address “Pause AI for Humanity’s Sake”
Policy Presets Model v2.4
Parameters
24 mo
Target Scope Frontier Only
85%
10²⁵ FLOPs
0.82x
Trajectory Equilibrium & Outcomes Computed Real-Time
Safety Risk Reduction
68.5%
Catastrophic threat mitigation
Economic Friction
21.4%
Index vs baseline GDP growth
Innovation Delay
24 mo
Effective capability lag
Cumulative Safety Risk Mitigation
Innovation Friction Curve
Equilibrium Intersection
Executive Recommendation
Systemic Tradeoffs Audited
Alignment Certainty Factor 74.2%
Global Treaty Compliance Feasibility 62.8%
R&D Capital Relocation Risk 28.5%
Hardware Verification Feasibility 88.0%
Source Note: Calculated using compute governance models and verifiable delay dynamics. As argued by Noonan, unchecked acceleration increases catastrophic failure probability, but international parity friction requires targeted, non-punitive enforcement windows.
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