Max Winger

For example, warning about super-intelligent AI can often result in Luddite accusations.

Responding to this by pointing out that you're generally pro-innovation and think technology brings a lot of benefits is reasonable and unlikely to cause a stir.

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Achieving an international ban on superintelligent AI will take considerable effort and discipline.

Many things need to happen for us to succeed.

We need to scale rapidly, improve our messaging, and be resilient against attacks from our opposition.

Those of us operating in the public eye need to step up our game, start playing more seriously, and hold each other to a higher standard.

That means acting like professionals.

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It was published on February 17, 2026.

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