Nadella: superintelligence not worth pursuing unless it serves humanity under human control
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-14
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella argued that any pursuit of superintelligence must be grounded in the principle that AI serving humanity and staying under human control is the only kind worth building. He also called for AI benefits to diffuse broadly, a frontier ecosystem where closed and open-source models both thrive, and for firms to retain control over their own knowledge via continuous learning loops without depending on any single model provider.
- Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman amplified the post, calling it a commonsense view: technology that doesn't accelerate human flourishing is a failure and should be rejected — "it's right to start preparing for the possibility."
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