Vitalik Buterin Calls for Slowing AI Frontier Development, Proposes Human-Machine Integration Path

According to Vitalik Buterin's statement released today (July 20), the Ethereum co-founder outlined his views on AI capability evolution and AGI. He advocates comparing human and machine abilities using a 'multidimensional capability spectrum' rather than a single intelligence metric. Vitalik defines AGI as AI capable of independently sustaining civilization even if humanity disappeared or uploaded to machines, calling it a 'point of no return' for human dominance on Earth.

He proposes achieving 'decelerated passage through the narrow corridor' by opening AI model weights and adjusting computational incentives. Vitalik's ideal future vision includes deep human-machine integration, maintaining a multipolar global order, and establishing heavily regulated natural preserves on Earth.