UK Spy Chief: Humanity Has Never Faced an Actor Smarter Than Itself
Malor777 · reddit · 2026-10-15
The UK intelligence chief warned in a video address: 'Human history has given us no experience of facing an actor which is smarter than we are, capable of out-thinking us. This is genuinely novel and deserves serious attention'—a high-level official statement on AGI risk.
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