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The post “Only Law Can Prevent Extinction” (2026-04-13) bears on Y17. Arguing against calls for unlawful action, he says that only lawful, state-backed and universal force could stop superintelligence from being built. Copy claim link
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Date 2026-04-13 · publication Role Context Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Missing element It says that only lawful, state-backed and universal force could stop superintelligence being built; it does not claim that some regulation will handle the risk. Scope and limits Premise addressed: Law can prevent the danger (the part he states himself, as an enforced worldwide halt). His ask is an enforced worldwide ban backed by law, not "some regulation".
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Only Law Can Prevent Extinction ↗ LessWrong · 2026-04-13
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Source excerpt “Artificial superintelligence is the very archetype and posterchild of a problem that can only be solved with force that has the shape of law, as in state-backed universal conditional applications of force meant to be predictable and avoided.” Location in source paragraph beginning 'Artificial superintelligence is the very archetype and posterchild'
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Source details and check notes Authors Eliezer Yudkowsky Version Post body retrieved through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06 (SHA-256 4c60942525d2b7c92a0800b06bfed10212356c785a8d01b0dc63461a275b4509), content version 1.0.0. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Only Law Can Prevent Extinction”, LessWrong, 2026-04-13. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage T17-f. The quotation (38 words) matched the retrieved expression (SHA-256 4c60942525d2b7c92a0800b06bfed10212356c785a8d01b0dc63461a275b4509) when checked on 2026-10-06. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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