Sutskever says superintelligence safety questions will intensify as capabilities change
In a Reuters interview after founding SSI, Ilya Sutskever said capability gains would make safety questions more intense, that definitive tests were not yet available, and that significant research was needed before deciding whether future systems were safe to release.
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TOWARD DOOM25confidence 59/100
Why it moved the index
The interview provides specific first-person uncertainty about release tests and a forecast that capability progress will intensify safety problems. It is analysis, not evidence that superintelligence occurred.
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Toward 25 · confidence 59
Historical people backfill adds a dated Reuters interview with distinct reasoning about release tests, scaling, and safety uncertainty.
14 Aug 2026