Eliezer Yudkowsky on Ban superintelligence development until…

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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There ought to be a law against further escalation of AGI capabilities, trying to halt it short of the point where it births superintelligence. A line drawn sharply and conservatively, because we don't know how much further we can dance across this minefield before something explodes.

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

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AI Verified Verified: the LessWrong post "Only Law Can Prevent Extinction" is credited to Eliezer Yudkowsky and dated 13th Apr 2026, and the exact two-sentence passage appears verbatim in the body of the page at lines 61-62. The quote is correctly attributed, and the cited URL contains it. ([lesswrong.com](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5CfBDiQNg9upfipWk/only-law-can-prevent-extinction/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

The moratorium on new large training runs needs to be indefinite and worldwide. There can be no exceptions, including for governments or militaries. [...] Shut down all the large GPU clusters (the large computer farms where the most powerful AIs are ...

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Eliezer Yudkowsky votes For

Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI

But open sourcing, that's just sheer catastrophe. [...] wrong approach, the wrong ideal. [...] where if you could align it it would take time [...] not kill everyone.

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

the most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI, under anything remotely like the current circumstances, is that literally everyone on Earth will die.

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