The Case for a Global Ban on Superintelligence (with Andrea Miotti)

Andrea Miotti is the founder and CEO of Control AI, a nonprofit. He joins the podcast to discuss efforts to prevent extreme risks from superintelligent AI. The conversation covers industry lobbying, comparisons with tobacco regulation, and why he advocates a global ban on AI systems that can outsmart and overpower humans. We also discuss informing lawmakers and the public, and concrete actions listeners can take. LINKS: Control AI Control AI global action page ControlAI's lawmaker contact tools Open roles at ControlAI ControlAI's theory of change CHAPTERS: (00:00) Episode Preview (00:52) Extinction risk and lobbying (08:59) Progress toward superintelligence (16:26) Building political awareness (24:27) Global regulation strategy (33:06) Race dynamics and public (42:36) Vision and key safeguards (51:18) Recursive self-improvement controls (58:13) Power concentration and action PRODUCED BY: SOCIAL LINKS: Website: Twitter (FLI): Twitter (Gus): LinkedIn: YouTube: Apple: Spotify:

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The Case for a Global Ban on Superintelligence (with Andrea Miotti) is an episode from Future of Life Institute Podcast by Gus Docker.

This episode is 67:10 long.

This episode was published on Feb 20, 2026.

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