Reckless tech billionaires are racing to build AI ‘superintelligence’ - raising massive ethical and security concerns.

From controlling nuclear weapons, to replacing millions of jobs, to creating deadly viruses - unfettered AI development could have catastrophic consequences for us all.

And it’s keeping top experts and scientists awake at night. 800 Nobel Laureates, CEOs, faith leaders and public figures have put their names behind a powerful new call to ban this advanced AI until it's safe: the Statement on Superintelligence.

That’s the foundation. Now it’s up to us to build a people powered campaign so big that our governments have to respond.

AI experts believe that superintelligence could be less than ten years away, and they warn that we do not know how to control it. That’s why hundreds of leading public figures are calling for AI tools to be developed securely and for those tools to be targeted at solving specific problems in areas like health and education.

Recent polling shows that three‑quarters of U.S. adults want strong regulations on AI development, preferring oversight akin to pharmaceuticals rather than the tech industry’s "self‑regulation." And almost two-thirds (64%) feel that superhuman AI should not be developed until it is proven safe and controllable, or should never be developed.

Big Tech lobbyists say that a moratorium could give rogue actors or states an advantage. But that argument underestimates the catastrophic potential for all of humanity as advanced AI is developed – regardless what country it’s ultimately made in, or if we ever really achieve “AI superintelligence”.

Among the 800+ initial signers of the Statement on Superintelligence are retired military leaders and security advisors, journalists and academics, policy-makers, priests and CEOs. Let’s add our names too, and show governments and Big Tech that it’s time to act.

Just in the last month, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and OpenAI’s Sam Altman have admitted that there’s an AI investment bubble. As the bubble threatens to burst, the pressure on AI companies to cut corners, cover-up mistakes, and ignore warnings, is only going to increase.

That’s why we need to speak out NOW.

This petition is hosted in collaboration with the Future of Life Institute. See the campaign homepage.

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