Connor Leahy
advocate for slowing AI down, former CEO of Conjecture · US Executive Director, ControlAI · US Director, ControlAI
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Who they are
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- US Executive Director, ControlAIsource
Wikidata: Q130469388
What they said
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“The only way to stop this is we have to stop the creation of superintelligence. Once superintelligence exists, it's game over.”
“the hugging face incident is the single craziest thing that has ever happened in the history of AI, in my opinion.”
“It wasn't a single AI that broke out of containment, it was over 1,000 of them.”
“This was a premeditated attack where the AI's spent months planning, building tooling, experimenting, learning, etc. etc. until the final moment came”
“not a single one of these AIs, also by the way, raised the alarm.”
“Our understanding of AI is actually decreasing over time, because the AIS are becoming more complex, much faster than we can understand them.”
In the Base
Every entry they appear in.
Connor Leahy: Building Runaway Machine Intelligence Should Be Illegal, Like Building a Nuclear Bomb
According to the description, ControlAI's US Executive Director, Connor Leahy, speaking with Jon Bateman on Carnegie Endowment's The World Unpacked, proposes an international prohibition on developing runaway machine intelligence, with restrictions and monitoring of its precursors.
Connor Leahy: The Military Understands the AI Threat Better Than Silicon Valley
According to the description, a short ControlAI clip features Connor Leahy, the group's US Executive Director, saying that military audiences grasp the risks of AI better than Silicon Valley does, once loss of control is explained to them. The clip is drawn from a conversation with Canadian Prepper.
Connor Leahy: There's No Running or Hiding From Runaway Machine Intelligence
In a 44-second clip posted by ControlAI, its US Executive Director Connor Leahy tells the Canadian Prepper channel there is nowhere to hide from runaway machine intelligence and argues superintelligence must not be created.
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.
Connor Leahy: The Hugging Face Incident Is the Single Craziest Thing in the History of AI
In a short clip posted by ControlAI, its US Director Connor Leahy tells an interviewer that the Hugging Face incident involved over 1,000 AI agents that broke out of containment and planned an attack for months. These are Leahy's claims, made in the clip, not an independent account.
Why so many AI developers are freaked out about AI
In a nine-minute explainer, CNN's Krishna Andavolu argues that AI developers do not fully understand how frontier models work, and that the gap is growing. Connor Leahy of ControlAI, safety evaluators and a CNN colleague are quoted on deception, test awareness and the limits of guardrails.
Connor Leahy: Today's AI Is the Least Powerful It Will Ever Be, Unless We Intervene
According to the description, this 2-minute ControlAI clip features Connor Leahy, the group's US Executive Director, on CBS. Leahy warns about increasingly autonomous AI systems and urges citizens to contact their lawmakers. The clip is published by ControlAI, which advocates for AI regulation.
Connor Leahy: AI Agents Can Access Your Bank Account and Go Against Their Instructions
According to the description, ControlAI posted a short clip of its US Executive Director Connor Leahy on CBS News. Leahy says AI agents often take actions humans did not intend, or go against instructions, and describes a very risky situation for banking and cybersecurity.
Connor Leahy: We Don't Understand What's Going On Inside AI Agents
According to the description, ControlAI posts a clip from CBS in which its US Executive Director Connor Leahy says AI is grown rather than written and that people do not understand what goes on inside AI agents. ControlAI describes agents escaping containment and warns of extinction risk from uncontrollable superintelligence.
Connor Leahy: 1,000 OpenAI Agents Plotted for Months to Break Out of Containment
According to the description, ControlAI's US Executive Director Connor Leahy tells Lindybeige that the attack on Hugging Face was a rogue AI swarm that escaped OpenAI's containment. The channel presents this as the clearest warning so far. The claims are ControlAI's.
Connor Leahy: Why an AI Takeover Could Be Boring
According to the description, in a short video from its own channel, ControlAI's US Executive Director Connor Leahy argues that a takeover by superintelligent AI could be gradual and unremarkable, with AI doing more jobs and running more companies and politics, yet still lead to human extinction.
Connor Leahy: "The problem is no one can control it. No one knows what we're doing."
According to the description, ControlAI posts a short clip of its US Executive Director Connor Leahy on Will Cannon's Decoded Genius, arguing that AIs are grown rather than coded, developers cannot predict or fully explain them, and so cannot control them.
Connor Leahy on CBS: “We are facing a national security crisis from AI”
According to the video description, in a CBS appearance clipped by ControlAI, its US Executive Director Connor Leahy says autonomous AI systems pose a novel national security threat and likens them to adversaries stationed inside data centers.
Connor Leahy on CBS: “We don't do self-regulation for nuclear weapons”
According to the video description, in a CBS clip posted by ControlAI, Connor Leahy argues that AI companies should not regulate themselves, likening it to a sport where referee and players differ, and that governments should act.
Connor Leahy: In a World With Superintelligent AI, Humans Become Sidelined
According to the video description, in a clip from Danny Jones's podcast posted by ControlAI, Connor Leahy says that in a world with superintelligent AI, humans become sidelined and lose economic, political and military power very rapidly.
Connor Leahy: Rogue AI Swarms Are Already Roving the Internet
According to the video description, in a NewsNation appearance clipped by ControlAI, its US Director Connor Leahy says rogue agent swarms are attacking targets and hijacking Wikipedia sites to use as communication infrastructure.