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Connor Leahy: Why "Just Unplug It" Won't Work for Runaway Machine Intelligence
According to the description, in a 92-second clip ControlAI's US Executive Director Connor Leahy argues that runaway machine intelligence could not simply be unplugged, because billions of agents would be embedded in corporations, governments and militaries.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
Connor Leahy argues that switching off advanced AI may not happen because society would depend on it too much.
The question it raises
The argument shifts the loss-of-control question from whether AI can be stopped to whether people would choose to stop it.
The record
- Questions
- Can AI systems act beyond what people intended or allowed?
- People
- Connor Leahy (Speaks, US Executive Director, ControlAI)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 28, 2026, via
yt-controlai(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- ControlAI, “Connor Leahy: Why "Just Unplug It" Won't Work for Runaway Machine Intelligence”, October 27, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/controlai-2026-10-27-leahy-just-unplug-it
Our notesLight lane: not fetched. The channel is run by the advocacy group Leahy leads. The interviewer named in the description is cut off.