# Humans May Be Unable to Supervise Smarter AI by OpenAI alignment researchers > "But these techniques will not work for superintelligence, because humans will be unable to reliably supervise AI systems much smarter than us." > **— OpenAI alignment researchers**, *October 2023, OpenAI frontier-risk research statement* ## Sources and Context - **Authored OpenAI statement and full sentence:** [OpenAI’s Approach to Frontier Risk](https://openai.com/global-affairs/our-approach-to-frontier-risk/) — the statement contrasts existing alignment techniques with the inability of humans to supervise systems much smarter than themselves. ## 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/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **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]] - [[wiki/Narrative Acceleration|Narrative Acceleration]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "But these techniques will not work for superintelligence, because humans will be unable to reliably supervise AI systems much smarter than us." — OpenAI alignment researchers, October 2023, OpenAI frontier-risk research statement https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-openai-humans-unable-supervise-ai ```