# A Remarkable Understatement by Max Tegmark > "Selling AGI as a boon to national security flies in the face of scientific consensus. Calling it a threat to national security is a remarkable understatement." > **— Max Tegmark**, *AGI policy statement* ## Sources and Context - **Exact original source passage:** “Selling AGI as a boon to national security flies in the face of scientific consensus. Calling it a threat to national security is a remarkable understatement.” - **Editorial repair and evidence:** The poster restores the immediately preceding sentence, which makes AGI the antecedent of “it.” [Max Tegmark, “Max Tegmark on AGI Manhattan Project”](https://futureoflife.org/statement/agi-manhattan-project-max-tegmark/), published November 20, 2024. No timecode is asserted. ## 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/Cybernetic Control|Cybernetic Control]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Selling AGI as a boon to national security flies in the face of scientific consensus. Calling it a threat to national security is a remarkable understatement." — Max Tegmark, AGI policy statement https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-max-tegmark-remarkable-understatement ```