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UK and US introduce bills to ban superintelligent AI

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Legislation aimed at banning the development of superintelligent AI has been introduced in both the UK and the United States. This move follows a researcher's resignation from Anthropic due to fears of uncontrolled AI development leading to existential risk. ControlAI has been actively lobbying lawmakers in multiple countries, advocating for measures to prevent human extinction from superintelligence. AI

IMPACT Potential to significantly slow or halt research into advanced AI capabilities, shifting industry focus towards safety and control measures.

RANK_REASON Introduction of legislation by lawmakers in major governments to ban a specific category of AI. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Andrea_Miotti ·

    First Bill Introduced to Ban Superintelligent AI

    <img alt="image.png" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/v1789034177/lexical_client_uploads/ja5cii8q52ur8mve6n26.png" /><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Two days ago, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon </span><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthro…

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