GoKawiilAI leaders' regulation calls echo decades of warnings from Turing to Bill Joy
Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk recently joined together in urging that AI development be slowed and regulated before humans lose control. Commentary notes this isn't new: thinkers from Samuel Butler in the 1800s to Alan Turing in 1951 and Bill Joy in 2000 have similarly warned about machines outpacing and endangering humanity.
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Because these warnings come from executives who profit directly from AI's growth, their calls for regulation invite skepticism about motives—whether genuine safety concern or strategic positioning to shape rules in their favor. The historical pattern shows that alarm about runaway machine intelligence long predates today's AI boom, suggesting society has repeatedly flagged the risk without meaningful preventive action.
- Top AI CEOs including Altman, Amodei, Hassabis, Nadella, and Musk recently called for AI regulation.
- Warnings about dangerous self-improving machines date back to Samuel Butler in 1863 and Alan Turing in 1951.
- Skepticism persists because those calling for regulation are often the same people profiting from AI's expansion.
Source: theverge.com — Sean Hollister, 2026-09-16
Published there as: “A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation”
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