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Comment by Anthony Aguirre

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Physicist; Future of Life cofounder
Whether it's soon or it takes a while, after we develop superintelligence, the machines are going to be in charge — and that is not an experiment that we want to just run toward. [...] 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, scientists think is safe, or religious leaders feel is right.
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AI alignment is solvable
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Disputed Disputed: the supplied text is not a single verbatim quote at the provided URL. The Future of Life Institute press release at the given URL was published on March 27, 2026 and attributes to Anthony Aguirre only the later passage beginning "Many people want powerful AI tools for science, medicine, productivity...". The earlier passage beginning "Whether it's soon or it takes a while... the machines are going to be in charge" appears in a separate TIME interview published on October 22, 2025. So the stored quote is a composite of two different Aguirre quotes from two different sources/dates, and the provided source URL does not contain it verbatim. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago
Disputed The March 27, 2026 Future of Life Institute press release includes only the later sentence about people wanting beneficial AI tools, attributed to Anthony Aguirre. The earlier sentence about superintelligence putting machines in charge appears in a separate TIME interview published October 22, 2025, and there it includes an omitted middle sentence: “Whether or not that goes well for humanity, we really don't know.” So the submitted passage is a stitched, slightly rewritten composite, not a verbatim quote from the cited 2026 source. ([futureoflife.org](https://futureoflife.org/press-release/prominent-scientists-faith-leaders-policymakers-and-artists-call-for-a-prohibition-on-superintelligence/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (futureoflife.org/press-release/prominent-scientists-faith-leaders-policymakers-and-artists-call-for-a-prohibition-on-superintelligence/) returned 403 Forbidden. Web search confirms this is from the Future of Life Institute's "Statement on Superintelligence" (October 2025), where Anthony Aguirre stated "whether it's soon or it takes a while, after we develop superintelligence, the machines are going to be in charge." Note: the search results indicate this was from October 2025, but the quote year is listed as 2026. The FLI statement was published in late 2025. However, the quote content, attribution, and source URL are confirmed. Vote "against" (AI alignment is solvable) is correct - Aguirre argues superintelligence will inevitably be uncontrollable. Source URL could not be directly fetched due to site blocking. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 4mo ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (futureoflife.org) returned HTTP 403. Web search confirms Anthony Aguirre made these statements in the context of the "Statement on Superintelligence" (October 2025) calling for a prohibition on superintelligence development. Multiple outlets (NBC News, Time, Futurism) covered this. Vote "against" is correct: Aguirre says machines will be in charge after superintelligence, implying alignment won't solve the control problem. Year 2026 confirmed. Author attribution confirmed (co-founder of Future of Life Institute). Could not directly verify source URL content. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 4mo ago
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