Max Tegmark

if we humans lose control over our society to machines that are much smarter than us, then things can go just as bad for us. AI Verified source (2023)

It might take two weeks or two days or two hours or two minutes. [...] It’s very appropriate to call this an “intelligence explosion”. AI Unverifiable source (2022)

There are some digital products (say CSAM and AI letting terrorists make bioweapons) that I oppose regardless of whether they are open-source or not, but I'm overall supportive of open source, and you can easily verify that my MIT research group defa... more Unverified source (2026)

I really empathize for them, frankly, because they’re so stuck in this race to the bottom that they just feel an irresistible pressure to keep going and not get overtaken by the other guy. I think that’s why it’s so important to stigmatize the race t... more Verified source (2025)

AI companies for years have stalled any broad and meaningful regulation of potential harms. It's their fault that we have the race condition in the first place. [...] All of [the AI labs] succumb to the incentives... It's just maybe Anthropic is the ... more Unverified source (2026)

The path we're on right now is this race to replace, where you have a small number of incredibly powerful companies very openly saying that they want to build super intelligence, which, by definition, can replace every human job. [...] Polling sudden... more Unverified source (2026)

Many believe it's impossible, just like it's impossible for chimpanzees to control us. [If superintelligence is built without solving this,] it's the end of the era where humans are in charge of Earth. AI Unverifiable source (2026)