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Tegmark stresses that regulation is crucial and that the AI industry should be held accountable through standards similar to those governing biotech and medicine. He advocates for international standards and a regulatory framework to prevent rogue development.
He encourages widespread public support, highlighting that less than 5% of Americans favor a race toward superintelligence, underscoring that public opinion largely aligns with caution. Given this, he urges everyone to sign a collective statement—available at superintelligence.org—calling for a moratorium until safety and societal consensus are firmly in place.