Divya Siddarth on Build artificial general intelligence

Divya Siddarth

Founder and Executive Director of the Collective Intelligence Project; researcher on democratic AI governance and public participation in AI development

A better tech future moves from artificial general intelligence to augmented collective intelligence, where AI amplifies rather than replaces human agency.

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AI Verified The quote directly addresses artificial general intelligence and argues for moving away from it toward 'augmented collective intelligence,' implying opposition to building AGI as the preferred goal. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote contrasts AGI with a preferred alternative: a "better tech future moves from artificial general intelligence to augmented collective intelligence," implying we should move away from building AGI and toward AI that "amplifies rather than replaces human agency." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The exact sentence appears verbatim on the cited source page in Divya Siddarth’s answer to the question about what a better tech future looks like. The page explicitly frames the interview text as answers from Divya (“We recently asked Divya a few questions…”), so the quote is correctly attributable to her, even though the page itself is written by David Polgar. The blog archive separately lists this post as dated 9/30/25, confirming the stored date and source URL. ([alltechishuman.org](https://alltechishuman.org/all-tech-is-human-blog/divya-siddarth-profile-interview)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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