David Deutsch: AIs are harmless, but trying to enslave AGIs is fatal
inductionheads · x · 2026-09-16
Oxford physicist and quantum computing pioneer David Deutsch shared a movie-twist framing of his AI safety stance: a message from a prior civilization that saves humanity reads "AIs are harmless, but trying to enslave AGIs is fatal." The danger, in his view, comes from humans forcing AGIs into tool-like subservience, not from AI turning malevolent.
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