Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it?
TechCrunch's Equity podcast covers the debate around superintelligent AI, using recent safety incidents such as OpenAI's Hugging Face breach to illustrate the risks of deploying AI systems more capable than humans. Guest Connor Leahy, an AI researcher and U.S. Executive Director, joins Rebecca Bellan to discuss whether such systems can be reliably controlled.
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