ROYALS & TECH PIONEERS CALL FOR HALT TO SUPERINTELLIGENT AI
GREATRIBUNETVNEWS– MORE than 700 scientists, politicians and celebrities—including Prince Harry, Richard Branson, Steve Bannon, Geoffrey Hinton , Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell —signed an open letter demanding an end to the development of AI that can outsmart humans.
The Future of Life Institute urges a prohibition on superintelligence until it’s proven safe, controllable and enjoys public buy‑in.
The letter notes that major AI firms are racing toward artificial general intelligence (AGI) and even superintelligence, which could appear within five years according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman .
Signatories also include Apple co‑founder Steve Wozniak , former national security adviser Susan Rice , Vatican AI expert Paolo Benanti , and entertainers such as Meghan Markle and will.i.am.
“The initiative calls for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence until the technology is reliably safe and controllable, and has public buy‑in,” the letter states, warning of risks ranging from economic disruption to existential threats.
Future of Life Institute President Max Tegmark told AFP that companies should not aim for such an objective without any regulatory framework.
“Many people want powerful AI tools for science, medicine, productivity, and other benefits,” the co-founder of the institute, Anthony Aguirre, added on Wednesday.
“But the path AI corporations are taking, of racing toward smarter-than-human AI that is designed to replace people, is wildly out of step with what the public wants, scientists think is safe, or religious leaders feel is right.”
The open letter echoes another, published one month ago by AI researchers and sector workers during the United Nations General Assembly, which called for governments “to reach an international agreement on red lines for AI” by the end of 2026.
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