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Microsoft AI Chief Calls Superintelligence an 'Anti-Goal,' Urges Caution on Containment

He describes a humanist program aimed at controllable, value-aligned systems.

Overview

  • Speaking on the Silicon Valley Girl Podcast, Mustafa Suleyman said artificial superintelligence should be treated as an anti-goal.
  • He warned that such systems would be very hard to contain or align with human values.
  • Suleyman said Microsoft is pursuing a "humanist superintelligence" intended to support human interests.
  • He argued that current AI does not possess consciousness or moral status, describing models as simulations of conversation.
  • He was reported to agree with Demis Hassabis’s projection that AGI could arrive within about five years, as other leaders set timelines ranging from this decade to decades away.