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Future of Life Institute (FLI) — campaign: Superintelligence Prohibition Statement (October 2025): calls for prohibition on superintelligence development until 'broad scientific consensus on safety'; 69,000+ signatories including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Steve Wozniak

Verdictpartial85%
1 check · 5/18/2026

1 → partial

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Subject
Future of Life Institute (FLI)
Value
Superintelligence Prohibition Statement (October 2025): calls for prohibition on superintelligence development until 'broad scientific consensus on safety'; 69,000+ signatories including Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Steve Wozniak
As Of
October 2025

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partial85%primaryHaiku 4.5 · 5/18/2026

NoteThe source confirms: (1) the statement calls for prohibition on superintelligence development with the safety/consensus condition matching the claim; (2) the signature count (70,008) is consistent with the claim's '69,000+' (within ~1% and well within the '+' qualifier); (3) the FLI affiliation is confirmed via the contact email. However, the source does NOT list the specific signatories (Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Steve Wozniak) by name in the excerpt provided. The claim's 'as of 2025-10' temporal marker aligns with the source's current data. The signature count is slightly higher than the rounded claim (70,008 vs 69,000+), which is consistent with rounding and the '+' qualifier. The absence of named signatories in the excerpt prevents full confirmation of that sub-claim, making this 'partial' rather than 'confirmed'.

Case № f_KMfmkTzWNLFiled 5/18/2026Confidence 85%
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