Apple co-founder joins top scientists, leaders in call to demand pause on AI superintelligence development

Many prominent figures, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, have called for an interim ban on the development of AI superintelligence. The list, which includes over a 1,000 personalities, also features the names of computer scientists Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton, who are considered the ‘Godfathers of AI’.

​Other leading figures who are signatories to the letter also include author Yuval Noah Harari, Former U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice, actor Stephen Fry, and Prince Harry.

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