# Superintelligence Panic Could Cost Another Fifty Years of Progress by Alexander Wissner-Gross > "I think something probably went wrong after World War II, and we lost at least fifty years of progress due to moral panic over nuclear energy. I am seriously concerned that a moral panic over superintelligence could set us back another fifty years." > **— Alexander Wissner-Gross**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 8:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=530s) — The poster preserves the complete source object used in the research dossier; square brackets or ellipses, when present, are visible editorial repairs inherited from the reconciled source record. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alexander Wissner-Gross|Alexander Wissner-Gross]] - [[wiki/Technological Panic|Technological Panic]] - [[wiki/AI Acceleration|AI Acceleration]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I think something probably went wrong after World War II, and we lost at least fifty years of progress due to moral panic over nuclear energy. I am seriously concerned that a moral panic over superintelligence could set us back another fifty years." — Alexander Wissner-Gross, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alexander-wissner-gross-superintelligence-panic-cost-another-fifty-years ```