Oct 18, 2026 · 20 min · 19 segments
The leaders of almost all of the world's top AGI Labs have united to put out a statement on AI Extinction Risk, and how mitigating it should be a global priority. This video covers not just the…
Even so, it can be difficult to voice concerns about some of the advanced AI's most severe risks.
The succinct statement below aims to overcome this obstacle and open up discussion.
It is also meant to create common knowledge of the growing number of experts and public figures who also take some of advanced AI's most severe risks seriously.
The first point is that the statement is in a way optimistic.
It says we can mitigate this risk, perhaps not eliminate it, but mitigate it, reduce the risk.
Second, it says we should do this globally.
And that's not just among all the different AGI labs, almost all of which signed the statement, but also between countries.
And the third point that I'd make is that they put it on a par with pandemics and nuclear war.
Toward the end of the video, I'll show you that's not as far-fetched as it sounds.
Anyway, who actually signed this statement? Let's find out.
We have two of the three founders of deep learning.
All three of those won the most prestigious accolade in computer science, which is the Turing Award.
None of those signed the pause letter, but they did sign this statement.
And actually, as interestingly for me, so did Ilya Sutskova, who I see as the brains behind OpenAI.
He, of course, also worked with Geoffrey Hinton on deep learning and is widely regarded as the smartest guy in machine learning.
You will also notice so many Chinese signatories, especially from Xinhua University, which I've actually visited in China.
It's one of their leading universities.
And the list of significant signatories goes on and on and on.
Even so, it can be difficult to voice concerns about some of the advanced AI's most severe risks.
The succinct statement below aims to overcome this obstacle and open up discussion.
It is also meant to create common knowledge of the growing number of experts and public figures who also take some of advanced AI's most severe risks seriously.
The first point is that the statement is in a way optimistic.
It says we can mitigate this risk, perhaps not eliminate it, but mitigate it, reduce the risk.
Second, it says we should do this globally.
And that's not just among all the different AGI labs, almost all of which signed the statement, but also between countries.
And the third point that I'd make is that they put it on a par with pandemics and nuclear war.
Toward the end of the video, I'll show you that's not as far-fetched as it sounds.
Anyway, who actually signed this statement? Let's find out.
We have two of the three founders of deep learning.
All three of those won the most prestigious accolade in computer science, which is the Turing Award.
None of those signed the pause letter, but they did sign this statement.
And actually, as interestingly for me, so did Ilya Sutskova, who I see as the brains behind OpenAI.
He, of course, also worked with Geoffrey Hinton on deep learning and is widely regarded as the smartest guy in machine learning.
You will also notice so many Chinese signatories, especially from Xinhua University, which I've actually visited in China.
It's one of their leading universities.
And the list of significant signatories goes on and on and on.
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