New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Many prominent figures including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson have called for an interim ban on the development of AI superintelligence. The list which includes over a 1,000 personalities also includes the names of computer scientists Yoshua Bengio and Geoff Hinton, who are considered the 'Godfather of AI'.

Other leading figures who are signatory to the letter also include author Yuval Noah Harari, Former U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice, actor Stephen Fry and Prince Harry.

The signatories argue that development of superintelligence poses significant risks of human freedom, civil libery, dignity, control and even extinction. They have demanded for interim ban on t...