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Open letter demands halt to superintelligence development

Via The Rundown AI

https://superintelligence-statement.org/

Open letter demands halt to superintelligence development
Image source: Future of Life Institute
“The Rundown: Public figures across tech and politics have signed a Future of Life Institute letter demanding governments prohibit superintelligence development until it’s proven controllable and the public approves its creation.
The details:
  • The letter cites concerns including ‘human economic obsolescence,’ ‘losses of freedom, civil liberties, dignity, and control,’ and ‘potential human extinction.’
  • Leadership from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, xAI, and Meta were absent, though current OAI staffer Leo Gao was included in the signatories.
  • The org also released data showing that 64% of Americans want ASI work halted until proven safe, with just 5% preferring unregulated advances.
  • Others featured included ‘godfathers of AI’ Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and Virgin’s Richard Branson.
Why it matters: This isn’t the first public push against AI acceleration, but the calls seem to be getting louder. But with all of the frontier labs notably missing and a still vague notion of both what a “stop” to development looks like and how to even define ASI, this is another effort that may end up drawing more publicity than real action.”
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Posted on: October 23, 2025, 9:19 am Category: Uncategorized

By: Stephen Abram

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