A new open letter , signed by a range of AI scientists, celebrities, policymakers, and faith leaders, calls for a ban on the development of ‘superintelligence’—a hypothetical AI technology that could exceed the intelligence of all of humanity—until the technology is reliably safe and controllable.

The letter’s more notable signatories include AI pioneer and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, other AI luminaries such as Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell, as well as business leaders such as Virgin founder Richard Branson and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. It was also signed by celebrities, including actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who recently expressed concerns around Meta’s AI products, will.i.am, and Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Policy and national security figures

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