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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 · 7/27/2026

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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 · 7/27/2026

NoteThe source confirms the core elements: (1) FLI's campaign exists at the stated URL, (2) it calls for prohibition on superintelligence development, (3) the condition is 'broad scientific consensus' on safety, and (4) the signature count (70,008) is consistent with the claim's '69,000+' (within ~1% — well within rounding tolerance). 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 cannot be verified from the source text alone, which shows current data but no explicit date stamp. The source text does not explicitly state 'October 2025' as the campaign launch date — only that it currently has 70,008 signatures. This is a partial confirmation: the petition, its goal, and approximate signature count are verified, but the specific named signatories and the October 2025 date are unverifiable from this excerpt.

Case № f_KMfmkTzWNLFiled 7/27/2026Confidence 85%
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