Who calls for a full pause/stop? Who says it is 100% morally good or evil?
I ask you, what is the probability of any person arguing that AI is either 100% anything?
That you'd rather be one of the "people in the room", not a pontificator is, in the end, authoritarian. The men in the room will decide you useless pontificators!
That said, if you need a pontificator on your team let me know. If you really want to be challenged I'm open to getting paid for it ;) I have great references for those who find me exceptionally annoying.