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Neurosurgeon Proposes Brain Preservation to Curb Risky AI Rush On August 27 neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikov‑Johnston published an essay in the official mailing of the Brain Preservation Foundation about biostasis – preserving a dying person’s brain with chemicals and cold. He argues that this procedure could give people time to wait for future medicine and reduce their personal willingness to take risks for rapid AI development. He begins with the dilemma: a superintelligent AI could accelerate drug discovery, but loss of control over such a system might be catastrophic. Nick Bostrom’s calculation of the cost of a pause makes acceleration attractive for those who would need future medicine in their lifetime, while David Wood had proposed slowing the race and strengthening biology. In the new essay Zeleznikov‑Johnston shifts the calculation to the individual. Biostasis stabilizes the brain of a dying person with chemicals and cold; he links long‑term memory and personality traits to the brain’s physical structure. Preserving that structure, he writes, offers a chance to await future treatments or even reading of the mind. “Make death less likely – and big risks stop seeming so reasonable. If you knew you’d still be here in fifty years regardless of whether superintelligence appears and when, reasons to bet on dangerous AI acceleration would be far fewer.” In his model biostasis provides another way to await future medicine, thereby diminishing the benefit of risky AI 🔗 Read original →