Laura Weidinger on Ban superintelligence development until…

Laura Weidinger

Staff Research Scientist at Google; AI researcher.

If it's true that AI will be as transformational as electricity, we better be intentional about how it is introduced to the world. A mindless race without assurances on governance, safety or the technology serving the public interest stands in the way of such intentionality.

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Personal comment published with “Pacing the Frontier,” a July 2026 statement from frontier-AI employees.

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

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AI Verified The cited personal comment favors slowing or deliberately pacing frontier/superhuman AI development because of safety and governance risk; it is relevant to temporary restriction pending safety consensus. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote rejects a mindless race without governance or safety assurances; it strongly supports temporary restriction until safety consensus, matching recorded for. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Source https://www.pacingthefrontier.com/ July 2026 page reproduces this wording and attributes it to Laura Weidinger. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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

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AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence

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

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