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Comment by Eric Schmidt
Former Google CEO; tech investor
I think there's plenty of evidence that if superintelligence were to actually occur— and superintelligence is defined as intelligence greater than the sum of what humans can do— that it can be contained and it can be driven. [...] This stuff has to be shaped based on human values, the ones that we all take for granted. And if it's not, we should stop and regulate it.AI Verified (Mar 2026)
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Schmidt explicitly says superintelligence can be contained and driven, directly addressing whether alignment is solvable.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 19d ago
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Hector Perez Arenas
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AMNH’s 2026 debate transcript contains this exact statement by Eric Schmidt.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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