"We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder."
No. It is not. This is motivated reasoning, and more than that it is either unhinged, bullshit, or both. There is no evidence, theory, or hypothesis driving this vision of the future. It is entirely the fantasy of someone who has invested unthinkable amounts of money into the technology at issue.