Anthony Aguirre on AI will create a permanent underclass

Anthony Aguirre

Physicist; Future of Life cofounder

This is not labour displacement like previous technologies, but a wholesale drop-in replacement of tens of per cent of the labour force.

AI Verified (Feb 2, 2026)

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Anthony Aguirre, testimony to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, February 2, 2026.

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AI will create a permanent underclass

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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed

If humans want to stay in charge of their own civilization, it will take more than a unilateral temporary pause.

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

We are approaching a runaway to superintelligence that could threaten our shared human future. Both publicly and privately, AI companies are recognizing that a pause or slowdown in certain developmental pathways is crucial to protect lives and liveli...

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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment