Connor Leahy: Criminalize superintelligence creation like nukes
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-08-24
AI expert Connor Leahy of ControlAI stated in a Democracy Now! interview that governments should "criminalize the creation of superintelligence the same way that it is illegal to build a nuclear bomb." He argued that AI superintelligence is not a tool but an adversarial threat to humanity.
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