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Comment by Anthony Aguirre
Physicist; Future of Life cofounder
We don't have to do this. We have human-competitive AI, and there's no need to build AI with which we can't compete. We can build amazing AI tools without building a successor species. The notion that AGI and superintelligence are inevitable is a choice masquerading as fate. By imposing some hard, global limits, we can keep AI's general capability to approximately human level while still reaping the benefits of computers' ability to process data in ways we cannot, and automate tasks none of us wants to do. [...] Humanity must choose to close the Gates to AGI and superintelligence. To keep the future human.AI Verified source (2025)
8mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly opposes building AGI or superintelligence at all, calling for 'hard, global limits' and to 'close the Gates to AGI and superintelligence.' That general opposition implies opposition to mandating any institution, including a CERN for AI, to build 'safe superintelligence.'
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote explicitly rejects building AGI/superintelligence: "there's no need to build AI with which we can't compete" and "Humanity must choose to close the Gates to AGI and superintelligence," so it clearly opposes mandating anyone to build safe superintelligence.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote directly addresses whether to build AGI, explicitly saying there is "no need to build" beyond human-competitive AI and urging humanity to "close the Gates to AGI." That is clearly about the full statement and expresses opposition to it.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly opposes building AGI, saying "there's no need to build AI with which we can't compete" and that humanity must "close the Gates to AGI and superintelligence."
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
ai_verified: The quote clearly supports hard global limits to prevent AGI/superintelligence development—"keep AI's general capability to approximately human level" and "close the Gates to AGI and superintelligence." Although it does not mention "until safety consensus is reached," it implies support for at least that much restriction, since the author appears to favor an even stronger ban.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote explicitly urges "hard, global limits" and says humanity must "close the Gates to AGI and superintelligence," which clearly supports banning superintelligence development, even more strongly than a temporary wait-for-consensus pause.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
Verified. The official chapter page at the provided URL contains the passage verbatim, with the user’s [...] accurately omitting the intervening sentence about risks/benefits; the closing lines also appear exactly there. The essay is credited on the site to Anthony Aguirre, and the official PDF lists Anthony Aguirre as author and is dated March 5, 2025. ([keepthefuturehuman.ai](https://keepthefuturehuman.ai/essay/docs/chapter-10))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Unverifiable
Quote attributed to Anthony Aguirre from "Keep the Future Human: Why and How We Should Close the Gates to AGI and Superintelligence, and What We Should Build Instead" (March 5, 2025), Chapter 10. WebFetch on keepthefuturehuman.ai source URL and the arxiv preprint both returned HTTP 403. Web search confirms the essay exists with the exact thesis: "close the Gates to AGI and superintelligence" and "Keep the Future Human" by Anthony Aguirre, with passages matching the cited content about humanity choosing whether to build AGI vs. tool AI. Vote "against" "Build artificial general intelligence" perfectly aligns with Aguirre's central thesis. Marking ai_unverifiable due to source URL blocking.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Anthony Aguirre