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Superalignment is the problem of keeping AI systems far smarter than us aligned with what we intend. OpenAI launched a four-year team for it in 2023, and the team was gone by 2024. Here is what the research has produced.
P doom is a personal guess at the odds AI wipes out humanity, and public estimates run from below 0.01% to above 99%. Here is what the number means, the dated estimates, and why the only survey figure matters most.
An AI takeover needs systems that act for long stretches, pursue unintended goals and cannot be stopped. As of October 1, 2026 the first is real, the second shows up in lab tests, and the third has not happened.
AGI is a system that matches people across most thinking tasks; ASI is one that beats all of them. A plain glossary of the terms in play, including the new US word "Super Intelligence."
The September 29, 2026 order tells federal agencies to say "Super Intelligence" instead of "AI." It leaves the legal definition untouched and gives the science adviser 60 days to propose statutory language.
Superintelligence means a mind that far outstrips people across nearly every domain. No such system exists, but on September 29, 2026 the US government renamed AI after it. Here is what the word means and who is using it.