Source [1] · Signatory announcement and collective statement
Statement on Superintelligence launch and signatories
Published
“We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence”
Full collective statement and initial-signatories list · View original source ↗
Source context. FLI names Bannon among initial signatories but does not quote him individually. The passage is a collective statement, not words spoken by Bannon alone.
- Scope
- Superintelligence specifically, not all AI research
- Conditions
- The proposed prohibition can be lifted only after broad scientific consensus that development is safe and controllable and strong public buy-in.
- Stated rationale
- The statement cites risk from uncontrolled superintelligence; Bannon’s individual rationale is not provided.
Source details
primary · Primary organizer announcement verifies signatory identity and reproduces the collective statement; direct signature page currently omits crawlable names.
Discovered 26 Sep 2026.
Accessed 26 Sep 2026.