Mustafa Suleyman

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)

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 Unverified source (2023)

I just think that the existential-risk stuff has been [...] a completely bonkers distraction. There’s like 101 more practical issues [...] from privacy to bias [...]. Unverified source (2023)

You can't claim that it is objectively real, because it just isn't. It is a simulation. Verified source (2025)