Bloomington, Indiana passes ordinance banning superintelligence within city limits
yoavgo · x · 2026-11-10
AI researcher Yoav Goldberg shared Bloomington, Indiana's Ordinance No. 2026-29, which prohibits the development, deployment, or delivery of "superintelligence" within city limits, commenting "taking its fate in its hands." The ordinance defines superintelligence as AGI with super-human Agency, Generality, and Intelligence—capable of self-modifying its core algorithms, executing code outside its sandbox, or operating without continuous human oversight on tasks affecting municipal infrastructure, financial markets, or public safety. The preamble claims 95% of Americans oppose the superintelligence race and that no technology is known to safely contain it.
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