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Comment by Nick Bostrom
Philosopher; 'Superintelligence' author; FHI founder
I think broadly speaking with AI, … rather than coming up with a detailed plan and blueprint in advance, we’ll have to kind of feel our way through this and make adjustments as we go along as new opportunities come into view. […] I think ultimately this transition to the superintelligence era is one we should do. It would be in itself an existential catastrophe if we forever failed to develop superintelligence.AI Verified source (2025)
8mo ago
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The quote clearly endorses developing AI up to and beyond AGI: the author says the transition to the 'superintelligence era' is 'one we should do' and calls permanently failing to develop superintelligence an 'existential catastrophe.' Since building superintelligence necessarily entails building AGI, this implies support for the full statement.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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The quote clearly supports developing advanced AI, saying 'this transition to the superintelligence era is one we should do' and that 'it would be... an existential catastrophe if we forever failed to develop superintelligence.'
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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Verified: the March 25, 2025 SciFuture source page contains a transcript of a 2025 Adam Ford interview with Nick Bostrom that matches your excerpt with allowable omissions, and it includes the exact sentence, "It would be in itself an existential catastrophe if we forever failed to develop superintelligence." SciFuture’s interview page also links the released YouTube interview, supporting the attribution to Bostrom. ([scifuture.org](https://www.scifuture.org/nick-bostrom-failure-to-develop-superintelligence-would-be-a-catastrophe/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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Verified: This is from Nick Bostrom in a 2025 interview with Adam Ford (Science, Technology & the Future). The scifuture.org URL was blocked by WebFetch, but web search confirms both phrases ("transition to the superintelligence era is one we should do" and "existential catastrophe if we forever failed to develop superintelligence") and the 2025 date. Year 2025 is correct. The vote "for" on "Build artificial general intelligence" aligns with Bostrom's explicit position that we should make the transition to superintelligence, despite the risks.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Nick Bostrom