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Comment by Max Tegmark
Physicist, AI Researcher
The path we're on right now is this race to replace, where you have a small number of incredibly powerful companies very openly saying that they want to build super intelligence, which, by definition, can replace every human job. [...] Polling suddenly [is showing] that 95% of all Americans oppose an unregulated race to superintelligence.
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(2026)
2mo ago
Policy proposals and claims
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Verified. The TechCrunch source returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search strongly corroborates the substance of the quote as Max Tegmark's documented position. Tegmark consistently uses the "race to replace" framing and warns that a small number of powerful companies openly want to build superintelligence that "by definition" can replace every human job (making humanity "economically obsolete"). The "95% of Americans oppose an unregulated race to superintelligence" figure matches Future of Life Institute polling Tegmark cites (only ~5% support the unregulated status quo). Author attribution correct (Max Tegmark, physicist/AI researcher, FLI president). Year 2026 current. Vote "for" is consistent with Tegmark's views supporting human control/oversight of AI; it aligns directionally with the statement "Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains," though the quote's primary focus is the broader superintelligence race. Note: the exact TechCrunch wording could not be re-fetched directly, but the content is well-corroborated across CNN, Future of Life Institute, and Web Summit coverage.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 10d ago
replying to Max Tegmark