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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.AI Verified source (2025)
8mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly implies support for the statement: the author says building superintelligence with current methods would be "a death sentence," compares the situation to "a car careening towards a cliff," and calls for a global ban. That is a clear claim that advanced AI poses an existential threat to humanity.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote says building superintelligence with current methods would be "a death sentence" and calls for "a global ban on superintelligence research and development," which clearly treats AI as an existential danger.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly implies opposition to the full statement: the author says building superintelligence soon would be "a death sentence," calls for "a global ban on superintelligence research and development," and says "We don't need to make it." That directly conflicts with mandating 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 clearly opposes building superintelligence: it calls doing so "a death sentence," says "we need to stop this," advocates "a global ban on superintelligence research and development," and concludes "We don't need to make it."
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote explicitly calls for “a global ban on superintelligence research and development” and justifies it by saying current AI methods and understanding are too unsafe. That clearly supports the statement’s core policy of banning superintelligence development, at least until adequate safety understanding/consensus exists.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Unverifiable
The quote clearly backs "a global ban on superintelligence research and development," but it does not say the ban is specifically "until safety consensus is reached" and may imply a broader ban ("We don't need to make it").
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote is authentic and correctly attributed to Nate Soares in the Clearer Thinking transcript for episode 284, dated October 16, 2025. The source page attributes to NATE the exact sentence, “If we build it using anything remotely like modern methods... building it anytime soon would be a death sentence.” at line 22, and later attributes to NATE the exact passage beginning “When you're in a car careening towards a cliff...” and including “a global ban on superintelligence research and development” and “Superintelligence doesn't exist yet. We don't need to make it.” at line 216. The submitted quote is therefore a verbatim composite with ellipses joining omitted material from the same interview. ([podcast.clearerthinking.org](https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/284/nate-soares-will-ai-superintelligence-kill-us-all/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
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
· 1mo ago
replying to Nate Soares