Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Connor Leahy argues that superintelligence is a political problem, not a technical one: building it means disempowering everyone — governments and private citizens alike — and no one voted for that. He explains why he stopped working on technical AI safety and what he's doing instead at Control AI (controlai.org).
From Robert Wright's conversation with Connor Leahy on the Nonzero podcast.
#AI #superintelligence #AISafety #politicalanalysis
Connor Leahy argues that superintelligence is a political problem, not a technical one: building it means disempowering everyone — governments and private citizens alike — and no one voted for that. He explains why he stopped working on technical AI safety and what he's doing instead at Control AI (controlai.org).
From Robert Wright's conversation with Connor Leahy on the Nonzero podcast.
#AI #superintelligence #AISafety #politicalanalysis










