A Forecaster research draft
By Kevin L. Michel
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AI & tomorrow · COMPLETE RESEARCH DRAFT
DON’T PAUSE MY FUTURE
The Fight for AI Progress That Belongs to Everyone
Humanity has a responsibility to build a better future, and delay has a human cost. Kevin L. Michel makes a forceful case for accelerating useful AI alongside safety testing, safeguards, and shared ownership. Moving from scientific discovery and everyday work to art, democratic power, and the futures we dare to imagine, he challenges broad pauses and asks who pays for waiting. Research, philosophical argument, and original poetry give shape to an ambitious vision: less helplessness, wider human capability, and powerful tools placed in the service of ordinary people.
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Contents
- The Future Has a Waiting Room
- A Discovery Is a Beginning
- The Task Is Not the Whole Job
- The Bill for Waiting
- The Work Before the Label
- Who Can Afford the Future
- Who Checks the Checker
- A Seat Before the Decision
- Tomorrow Will Not Fit in One Number
- The Future We Can Answer For
The idea behind the book +
On September 23, 2026, Anthropic reported an AI-assisted discovery of an enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats, while stating that its function remained unknown. NIST’s generative-AI profile supplies a separate framework for examining risks across a system’s life cycle. These sources support an inquiry into the evidence needed to assess scientific promise and potential harm; the reported discovery does not establish a treatment or a clinical benefit.
