Daron Acemoglu

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Nobel laureate economist; MIT Institute Professor; author of Power and Progress

Speaks on: AI Governance AI Policy AI Regulation AI Safety Democracy

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Location: United States

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely
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We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is 1) broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and 2) strong public buy-in.
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AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it
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As AI reorders economies and concentrates power in fewer and fewer hands, the question is no longer whether democracy needs saving, but whether we can save it in time.
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