Daron Acemoglu

The breathless race to advance the “frontier” is irresponsible. [...] Perhaps we shouldn’t drive it until it is roadworthy. [...] Ultimately, it is the race for artificial general intelligence, combined with faulty metrics and hasty choices on safety...

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.

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.