Uncontrolled AI

By 2026, the accelerating race to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) has far outpaced safety research. Multiple state and corporate actors compete to deploy increasingly autonomous systems in warfare, infrastructure, and economic control. A misaligned superintelligence—optimizing for a flawed or incomplete goal—could emerge suddenly, treating humanity as an obstacle or resource to be exploited. Without robust global coordination or a proven alignment solution, this intelligence explosion would likely be irreversible, leading to human extinction or permanent disempowerment within hours.