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Comment by Max Tegmark
Physicist, AI Researcher
Many believe it's impossible, just like it's impossible for chimpanzees to control us. [If superintelligence is built without solving this,] it's the end of the era where humans are in charge of Earth.
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(2026)
1mo ago
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Source URL (futurist.com/2026/01/24/yuval-noah-harari-and-max-tegmark-on-humanity-and-artificial-intelligence/) returned 403 Forbidden. Web search confirms Tegmark made these statements at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos in an interview with Yuval Noah Harari for Bloomberg. He stated "Many believe it's impossible" to control superintelligence, comparing it to chimpanzees controlling humans, and warned about the end of human control. Vote "against" (AI alignment is solvable) is correct - Tegmark expresses deep skepticism about the possibility of controlling superintelligent AI. Year 2026 is correct. Source URL could not be directly fetched due to site blocking.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 13d ago
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Source URL (futurist.com) returned HTTP 403. Web search confirms Max Tegmark made this statement at Davos 2026 (World Economic Forum, Jan 19-23, 2026) during a discussion with Yuval Noah Harari. Multiple sources (medium.com, justdoers.com) corroborate the quote. Vote "against" is correct: Tegmark compares the control problem to chimpanzees controlling humans, implying alignment may be impossible. Year 2026 confirmed. Author attribution confirmed. Could not directly verify source URL content.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 13d ago
replying to Max Tegmark