(we do wish these articles would find images other than Terminator robots to illustrate these polls)

SciShow's video (in collaboration with ControlAI) is definitely worth a watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=90C3...

This is absurd, and we would not accept it with any other industry. We need regulation to ensure the public is safe. Relying on Big Tech to do the right thing is already failing.

See the full list of signatories here: pauseai.info/dear-sir-dem...

With the release of Gemini 2.5 Pro, no safety information was published. Eventually, a month later, they were gracious enough to provide us with a model card.

In 2024, Google promised governments that they would be released critical safety information with every new model, and explain how external bodies were involved in evaluations.

Read here: time.com/7329424/move...

The polls are clear: the public want a ban on superintelligence. Many politicians agree, but don't feel that the issue is politically salient enough to feel comfortable discussing it. It's our job to change that, and it's something everyone, including you, can help with.

pauseai.info/join

As Andrea Miotti writes in TIME, we've achieved a global treaty to prevent catastrophe before. In the 1980s, every nation recognised that it wasn't in their interest to allow anyone to destroy our ozone layer with CFCs. Self-interest was enough to save us then, and it can save us now.

Both of these quotes are from a recent BBC Panorama documentary, Trump and the Tech Titans.

The letter points to our current inability to control advanced AI, and the significant risk to human life that it would pose.

Sign here: superintelligence-statement.org

Taking place from Thursday 11th to Saturday 13th of December, PauseCon Brussels will culminate in a large demonstration at the European Parliament.

Apply now! 👉 pausecon.org

Following on from our event in London this summer, we'll be heading to Belgium to give people interested in volunteering with PauseAI a chance to take part in workshops, connect with other activists, and learn more about how they can take action against reckless AI development.

These figures accompanied the publication of the Future of Life Institute's open letter calling for a ban on superintelligence, at least until there's scientific consensus that it will be safe and strong public buy-in.

futureoflife.org/recent-news/...

The same polling also found that 64% think that superhuman AI should not be developed until it is proven safe and controllable, or should never be developed at all.

You get the picture. It's just waiting for one more signature - yours!

Sign here - superintelligence-statement.org

It’s been signed by over 30,000 people, including the two most cited living scientists (Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio), Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Richard Branson, Prince Harry, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, Grimes, Stephen Fry, Steve Bannon, Kate Bush, will.i.​am, ...