Mustafa Suleyman

Containment has to come first. Otherwise, alignment is the equivalent of asking nicely. You can't steer something you can't control. AI Verified source (2026)

For all the talk about AI alignment, I worry we're putting the cart before the horse. You can't steer something you can't control. People often talk about containment and alignment in the same breath, but they're not interchangeable or a package deal... more Unverified source (2026)

We've certainly done this [...] handle nuclear materials. These all require licensing regimes [...] I can imagine the same kind of regime [...] with these large language models. Unverified source (2023)

For all the talk about AI alignment, I worry we're putting the cart before the horse. You can't steer something you can't control. [...] Containment has to come first — or alignment is the equivalent of asking nicely. Verified source (2026)

I don't think there's really a winning of AGI [...]. A race implies it's zero sum, and it implies that there's a finish line. As we know, technologies and science and knowledge proliferates everywhere [...] basically simultaneously, or within a year ... more AI Verified source (2026)

It depends on your definition of AGI, right? AGI isn’t the singularity. The singularity is an exponentially recursive self-improving system that very rapidly accelerates far beyond anything that might look like human intelligence. To me, AGI is a ge... more AI Verified source (2024)

This is going to be the most productive decade in the history of our species. But in order to truly reap the benefits of AI, we need to learn how to contain it. Paradoxically, part of that will mean collectively saying no to certain forms of progress... more AI Verified source (2023)