Hundreds of public figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, urge AI ‘superintelligence’ ban

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
A group of leading artificial intelligence and technology experts has urged an immediate halt to the development of “superintelligence”—AI systems that would exceed human performance across virtually all cognitive tasks.
More than 850 individuals, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, have signed a Statement on Superintelligence this month demanding a pause in superintelligence research.
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The list of signatories was notably topped by prominent AI pioneers, including the computer scientists Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton, who are widely considered “godfathers” of modern AI. Leading AI researchers like UC Berkeley’s Stuart Russell also signed on.
Superintelligence has become a buzzword in the AI world, as companies from Elon Musk’s xAI to Sam Altman’s OpenAI compete to release more advanced large language models. Meta
notably has gone so far as to name its LLM division the ‘Meta Superintelligence Labs.’
But signatories of the recent statement warn that the prospect of superintelligence has “raised concerns, ranging from human economic obsolescence and disempowerment, losses of freedom, civil liberties, dignity, and control, to national security risks and even potential human extinction.”
In addition to AI and tech figures, the names behind the statement came from a broad coalition ranging from academics, media personalities, religious leaders and a bipartisan group of former U.S. politicians and officials… Other high-profile signatories included the British royal family members Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex…

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