What in this proposal gives you the idea that they're only talking about pausing research itself? It doesn't say that at all.

But yeah, directionally I think you're right. It's insane we ever let these things connect to the Internet or to write, never mind execute code.

But for the economic counterargument, the distinction doesn't matter much. Continuing research but constraining harnesses is just accepting nearly all of the costs and foregoing nearly all of the benefits.

Who has appetite for that?