Over 800 public figures, including Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, and Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, are calling for a ban on "artificial superintelligence".

The document warns that the development of superintelligence poses major risks, ranging from the loss of human control, the restriction of civil liberties, and threats to national security, to the possible extinction of the human species.

The statement calls for a ban on the development of superintelligence until there is significant public support and a scientific consensus that such technology can be created and controlled safely.