Debate series: should we push for a pause on the development of AI?

I see the petition as a stunt or a mania depending on the participant. Because the danger of AI remains low to non-existent.

But as a way to get people excited about AI and more likely to overestimate the capabilities of the current AI it is very effective.

But the hurdles that remain remain as insurmountable as ever, such as, I don't know... An AI that can actually understand anything.

Garbage in garbage out, a singularity will not make.