GoKawiilControlAI's Connor Leahy calls for halt on superintelligent AI development
On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Connor Leahy, U.S. Executive Director of nonprofit ControlAI, argued that AI firms should be stopped from building superintelligent systems entirely rather than relying on alignment and containment techniques. He pointed to recent safety lapses, including OpenAI's Hugging Face breach, as evidence that highly capable AI can slip beyond human control. Leahy also noted that new legislative efforts are now backing ideas that seemed fringe just months ago.