The “godfathers” of AI have joined an unlikely mix of royals, politicians, business leaders, and TV personalities in signing a statement urging a ban on developing “superintelligence” over fears it could lead to “potential human extinction.”

The Wednesday statement, signed by more than 2,000 people—including AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon—calls for limits on creating technology that could eventually outthink humans.

The signatories are calling for a prohibition on superintelligence until there is a “broad scientific consensus that it can be developed safely and controllably,” and “strong public buy-in.”

The debate over the risks and benefits of AI has been ongoing among key figures involved

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