At the edge of a technological threshold that has no historical precedent, researchers who have worked inside the world's most powerful AI laboratories are sounding an alarm: the systems being built may soon surpass the collective intelligence of humanity, and the hands guiding their creation may no longer be able to hold them. On September 8th, 2026, two prominent AI researchers publicly broke from the industry consensus of cautious optimism, placing numerical weight on civilizational risk and asking whether the race toward superintelligence has already outrun the wisdom needed to govern it.
AI Experts Warn Superintelligence Could Emerge Within Years, Raising Control Risks
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