Craig A. Kaplan on AGI could quickly lead to superintellig…

Craig A. Kaplan

Founder of iQ Company and author of AI safety research on safe superintelligence.

Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, is AI that can do any intellectual task as well as, or better than, the average human. A Personalized SuperIntelligence, or PSI, does not stop there. Because PSI is self-improving, it will become exponentially more intelligent than its creator. Any initial checks and safeguards designed by humans will quickly become ineffective in the face of a PSI’s superior intelligence.

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Craig A. Kaplan, “When AGI Becomes SuperIntelligence, Testing Is Not Enough,” SuperIntelligence, August 10, 2026.

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