Connor Leahy urges a verified international ban on superintelligence
In Canadian Senate testimony, Leahy argued that opaque frontier development and competitive pressure make uncontrolled superintelligence a national-security risk. He proposed a trust-but-verify international prohibition backed by domestic enforcement and sanctions, while opposing a broad slowdown of data-centre development.
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Why it moved the index
The testimony adds a specific, attributable mechanism linking opaque frontier competition to loss-of-control risk and proposes a verification and enforcement regime. Its forecast and preferred remedy remain contested rather than empirically demonstrated, which limits confidence and magnitude.
Assessment history
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Toward 22 · confidence 58
New historical evidence from a full official parliamentary transcript, consolidated against Leahy's earlier substantially overlapping testimony.
13 Aug 2026
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DoomBench assesses “Connor Leahy urges a verified international ban on superintelligence” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 22 and confidence 58 out of 100 in the governance and control category.
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DoomBench summarizes “Connor Leahy urges a verified international ban on superintelligence” as follows: In Canadian Senate testimony, Leahy argued that opaque frontier development and competitive pressure make uncontrolled...
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