UK MP backs bill to prohibit superintelligence, citing expert warnings of extinction risk
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-09
UK MP Jess Asato announced support for a bill to prohibit the development of superintelligent AI, arguing that no company or government knows how to build it safely or keep it under human control. Experts, she said, warn it poses a risk of human extinction.
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