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Comment by Anthony Aguirre
Physicist; Future of Life cofounder
Many people want powerful AI tools for science, medicine, productivity and other benefits. But the path AI corporations are taking, of racing toward smarter-than-human AI that is designed to replace people, is wildly out of step with what the public wants.AI Verified source (2025)
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Verified. The Washington Post article dated October 22, 2025 at the provided story URL (canonicalized without the extra trailing slash) contains the sentence verbatim and attributes it to Anthony Aguirre as co-founder and executive director of the Future of Life Institute. ([washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/22/superintelligence-ban-statement-celebrities/))
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YouCongress
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· 19d ago
AI Verified
Source URL (washingtonpost.com Oct 22, 2025 article on superintelligence ban statement with celebrities) returns 403 to WebFetch, but multiple corroborating outlets (Tag24, Arab News, PR Daily) returned verbatim Aguirre quote: 'Many people want powerful AI tools for science, medicine, productivity, and other benefits. But the path AI corporations are taking, of racing toward smarter-than-human AI that is designed to replace people, is wildly out of step with what the public wants...' Statement was made in connection with the Future of Life Institute's Oct 2025 open letter signed by 700+ scientists, politicians, and celebrities calling for a halt to superintelligence development until reliably safe and with public buy-in. Author attribution to Anthony Aguirre (physicist, FLI co-founder) is correct. Year 2025 is current. The vote was previously null; I set it to 'for' on statement #379 ('Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached') because the quote explicitly criticizes the race to superintelligence and Aguirre co-led the FLI statement calling for an end to such development pending safety consensus. Verified.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 1mo ago
replying to Anthony Aguirre