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Uncontrolled AI could soon disempower humanity. Take action today to protect our future.
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Key facts about AI today
These are the three things you need to know about AI today in order to start taking action:
AI capabilities are improving very fast
…and AI technology is likely to continue improving at this speed, or faster.
In just the last couple of years, AI models have learned to impersonate humans, generate life-like audio, images, and videos, beat the world’s best coders in competitions, and perform independent research.
Every few months, AI systems unlock new capabilities – and the rate of improvement is accelerating.
AI companies are building AIs to replace humankind
…and they may not be far away from success.
The world’s largest tech companies (Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook) have stated that they are trying to build “AGI”: an AI system that can do all the tasks a human can do. Their ultimate goal is NOT to build AI products for you, but for your employer: AIs that can replace you.
Throughout history, automation has repeatedly caused people to lose their jobs... What’s new with AI is the speed and scale at which this will happen — and the potential for humans to lose control.
Experts are sounding the alarm
…and yet policymakers are asleep at the wheel.
Thousands of experts, including leaders of AI companies, have warned about the massive risks of powerful AI systems — from bioweapons, to infrastructure attacks, to mass unemployment, even extinction. Countless public statements, open letters, and resignations indicate that these risks are very serious.
Despite this, policymakers are repeatedly bending to the will of big tech lobbyists and delaying even light, common-sense regulations on AI developers.
If you’re human, you’re already on the team.
Join us and represent #teamhuman. Since 2015, people like you have helped us fight for a human future, one in which humanity as a whole is empowered by AI tools to fulfill its potential, rather than replaced by artificial intelligence.
Here are just a few examples of how we've worked with people around the world to keep the future human:
- 33,000+ individuals signed the ‘Pause Giant AI Experiments’ open letter calling for a pause on the development of more powerful AI systems, including business leaders, community organizers, families, and concerned citizens. The letter sparked a global discussion on the topic of AI safety and ethics.
- Over 1,000+ people have participated in workshops, courses, and hackathons to build positive visions of the future with AI. These visions are shaping the narrative around which technologies we should build, and which we should not.
- The world’s religious communities are awakening to the potential benefits, and also the great risks, of powerful AI. They are making their voices heard, and providing moral leadership on the development of emerging technology.
- Thousands of individuals posted their stories on social media and signed open letters (including youth leaders, parents, academics, AI experts, and even former AI lab employees) to demonstrate their support when the fate of a 2024 California bill to protect people from AI risks was hanging in the balance.
- Over 100M+ people have watched and shared ‘Slaughterbots’, our viral video series on autonomous weapons that policymakers still refer to today.
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We all need to think about how AI will reshape our lives. Everybody will be affected.
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Getting to the heart of the AI storm.
“AI can revolutionise your business!”
“AI-powered bots are going to destroy the world.”
“AI-powered bots are going to destroy the world.”
With so much talk about AI today, it can be near-impossible to separate the snake oil from the serious issues worthy of our time. At the heart of this topic, there is an urgent question: Will we choose to replace humanity with machines?
In just a few short reads, you will learn everything you need to know to decide for yourself.
Are we close to an intelligence explosion?
AIs are inching ever-closer to a critical threshold. Beyond this threshold lie great risks—but crossing it is not inevitable.
21 March, 2025
Could we switch off a dangerous AI?
New research validates age-old concerns about the difficulty of constraining powerful AI systems.
27 December, 2024
Why You Should Care About AI Agents
Powerful AI agents are about to hit the market. Here we explore the implications.
4 December, 2024
Our plan to keep humans in control.
"Humanity is on the brink of developing artificial general intelligence that exceeds our own. It's time to close the gates on AGI and superintelligence... before we lose control of our future."
The latest essay from Anthony Aguirre, our Executive Director: How we got here, where AI is headed today, the risks this will pose, and a four-step plan to protect our human future.
Read the Paper
Show them what AI is capable of today.
Did you know that AI can already create an audio deepfake of a person with just a few seconds of audio, generate life-like video of an imagined scene, convince people online that it is a real person, beat professional software developers at coding challenges, and more?
The demos below show some of the most shocking capabilities of AI today — and a glimpse into the near future. Share these with the people you know who might not have noticed what AI has learned to do since ChatGPT.
Convincing deepfakes are generated with just a few seconds of audio
Video • 06:04 • 12 February 2024
DEMO: Voter Turnout Manipulation Using AI
See how AI can create fake, personalized tweets that discourage voting on election day.
An entire film generated by AI. How realistic do you think it is?
Video • 07:00 • 28 May 2025
China's slaughterbots show WW3 would kill us all.
Video • 14:45 • 22 December 2024
Our recommended reads
These are some of the best writings on AI from others who are trying to make sense of a world with AI, and steer it in a positive direction. They offer remarkable clarity and common-sense. We thoroughly recommend them for people who want to understand what's coming next in AI, and how we can chart a safe course.
AI 2027
An in-depth prediction: What will happen if AI development continues on its current path?
A Narrow Path
A concrete plan for how to secure a safe and flourishing future for humans in an AI world.
The Compendium
How humanity risks extinction from powerful AI, where these risks come from, and how we can fix them.
I’m ready to be an AI safety advocate.
Let’s get you up to speed on the essential things you need to know.
Put pressure on companies to excel in safety.
We need to show AI companies that safety and security is a priority for customers and citizens. Let them know you’re watching by asking AI companies directly about their performance on the AI Safety Index, and share the Index with people who you know are frequent AI users.
See the index
Our AI Safety Index invites panels of AI experts to rank the leading AI companies based on their safety and security performance, across six domains.
Go in-depth while you’re on the move.
No matter what your questions are about AI safety, our podcast guests have shared the answers. We have over 150+ in-depth interviews with prominent researchers, policy experts, philosophers, and a range of other influential thinkers.
Here are a starter-pack of episodes that will get you prepared to be an advocate for AI safety.
5 December, 2024
22 November, 2024
13 September, 2024
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Add your voice to the list of concerned citizens.
Individuals need to make their voices heard when it comes to matters of emerging technologies and their risks. We’ve facilitated this dialogue in the form of many open letters throughout the years. The letters below continue to gather signatures to this day — and they need your voice too.
2672
Open letter calling on world leaders to show long-view leadership on existential threats
The Elders, Future of Life Institute and a diverse range of co-signatories call on decision-makers to urgently address the ongoing impact and escalating risks of the climate crisis, pandemics, nuclear weapons, and ungoverned AI.
14 February, 2024
31810
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.
22 March, 2023
5720
Asilomar AI Principles
The Asilomar AI Principles, coordinated by FLI and developed at the Beneficial AI 2017 conference, are one of the earliest and most influential sets of AI governance principles.
11 August, 2017
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