# AI Systems We Cannot Understand or Prove Safe by Max Tegmark > "That innovation in AI, and reaping its untold benefits, does not have to mean the creation of dangerous and unpredictable systems that cannot be understood or proven safe." > **— Max Tegmark**, *2023, written statement to the U.S. AI Insight Forum* ## Sources and Context - **Exact original source passage:** "That innovation in AI, and reaping its untold benefits, does not have to mean the creation of dangerous and unpredictable systems that cannot be understood or proven safe, with the potential to cause immeasurable harm and even wipe out humanity." - **Editorial repair and evidence:** Restores the governing clause and Tegmark's claim that innovation need not require unsafe systems. The trailing risk clause is retained below; terminal punctuation is lightly repaired. [Direct source](https://futureoflife.org/open-letters/written-statement-of-dr-max-tegmark-to-the-ai-insight-forum/). No timecode is asserted. - **Full quotation and context:** [Written Statement of Dr. Max Tegmark to the AI Insight Forum - Future of Life Institute](https://futureoflife.org/open-letters/written-statement-of-dr-max-tegmark-to-the-ai-insight-forum/) — contains the quoted wording and identifies its publication, interview, testimony, or event context. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial General Intelligence|Artificial General Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/State-Dependent Catastrophe|State-Dependent Catastrophe]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Marsification|Marsification]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "That innovation in AI, and reaping its untold benefits, does not have to mean the creation of dangerous and unpredictable systems that cannot be understood or proven safe." — Max Tegmark, 2023, written statement to the U.S. AI Insight Forum https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-max-tegmark-ai-systems-prove-safe ```