# Meaningful Human Control by Max Tegmark > "All AI systems should be under meaningful human control." > **— Max Tegmark**, *2026, Future of Life Institute statement* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [Statement from Max Tegmark on the Department of War’s ultimatum](https://futureoflife.org/ai/tegmark-statement-on-dow-ultimatum/) — The complete statement identifies autonomous weapons and mass surveillance as the immediate context. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Skeuomorphic Interval|The Skeuomorphic Interval]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] - [[wiki/Human-in-the-Loop BCI|Human-in-the-Loop BCI]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "All AI systems should be under meaningful human control." — Max Tegmark, 2026, Future of Life Institute statement https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-max-tegmark-meaningful-human-control ```