Superintelligence is coming—should we let it?

TechCrunch's Equity podcast debated whether superintelligence is inevitable and controllable, noting safety incidents like OpenAI's Hugging Face breach highlight risks of more capable systems; guest Connor Leahy joined the discussion.

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