Congresswoman calls to pause advanced AI and ban superintelligence; Yudkowsky backs her
ESYudkowsky · x · 2026-11-07
Rep. Yass Ansari called for a day-one Democratic agenda item: pause advanced AI development, regulate the "out of control" industry, and ban artificial superintelligence. Eliezer Yudkowsky amplified it, arguing that amid the online noise around the tweet, the core point remains that ASI could literally kill everyone — and thanking the congresswoman for treating the risk with due seriousness.
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