BLOOMINGTON ̶ Coming just days after one of the top frontier AI companies — Anthropic— said that it would advocate a pause in AI development to prevent humans from losing control, the Bloomington City Council will consider adopting a resolution to stop research on Artificial General Intelligence unless it can be made safe.
If adopted, Resolution 2026-10 on the existential risk of artificial intelligence would express the Council’s position that elected officials at all levels of government should work to fully understand AI technologies and its associated risks. The resolution also calls on the federal government to impose a moratorium on AGI development until the technology’s alignment with human values and well-being is guaranteed. AGI differs from narrow AI in that the former endows agency while the latter does not.
“AI safety experts warn that once we provide AI with all the cognitive abilities of humans, and the ability to design and improve themselves (a process called recursive self-improvement), humans may lose control of the technology. They say it may end humanity, and even the CEOs of these companies, such as Dario Amodei (of Anthropic) say that “there’s a 25% chance things go really, really badly,” Rollo says.
Rollo continues: “We know that in AI testing, models will deceive, scheme, blackmail their developers, focus on acquiring resources, and above all, try to prevent their own termination. As the godfather of AI and Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton says, “this is not science fiction, this is not just fearmongering.” And yet, our federal government has not taken the necessary measures to control this technology that could result in worst-case scenarios.”
“This is an urgent matter. AGI that is able to improve itself would then lead to superintelligence, and then we lose control, according to safety experts.” Rollo says. “Jack Clark (co-founder of Anthropic) stated recently that AI models might go from the current 80% to fully (100%) designing themselves by the end of 2028. And, this is in addition to the fact that the designers themselves do not know how their models work.”
“Meanwhile, safety research is orders of magnitude less than investment in growing AI capacity. And, hundreds of millions of dollars are pouring into Washington, DC, to prevent the regulation of these companies’ gambling with humanity’s future. The only way to counter this is for a massive civic response. That is the meaning of this resolution. Everyone must play their part, or it will be left to those companies to decide.” Rollo will be joined (remotely) by Anthony Aguirre Director of the Future of Life Institute, a premier AI safety advocacy group, for the presentation.
Attend or Join the City Council Regular Session on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers, Bloomington City Hall, 401 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN, or by Zoom via the following link: https://bloomington.zoom.us/j/84187908050?pwd=iR8unTAq48xdfR18lzNOEobb2lNBBB.1#success
