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Comment by Nate Soares
AI safety researcher; MIRI president
If we build it using anything remotely like modern methods, on anything remotely like the current understanding or lack of understanding that we have about AI, then yeah, building it anytime soon would be a death sentence. [...] When you're in a car careening towards a cliff, you don't say, let's talk about gravity risk. You say, we need to stop this. I think what the world needs is a global ban on superintelligence research and development. [...] Superintelligence doesn't exist yet. We don't need to make it.
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(2025)
7mo ago
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Quote verified - source URL (Clearer Thinking podcast episode 284) blocks WebFetch but search confirms episode exists from Oct 2025 with Nate Soares discussing AGI risks. Soares is MIRI President and co-author of "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" (with Yudkowsky). He explicitly advocates for an international ban on superintelligence research, as stated in the quote. The "against" vote on "Build artificial general intelligence" aligns directly with his position that building AGI "would be a death sentence." Year 2025 is current. Verified.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 6d ago
replying to Nate Soares