Humanity has a coordination problem.
Torchbearer Community has a plan for that.
The Problem
AI is on track to outpace human control.
The people building these systems warn that unchecked superintelligence could mean human extinction.
Speed outpaces wisdom
Capabilities double in months, and models are gaining agency — planning, using tools, and acting on their own. Our institutions, laws, and norms move in years and decades.
No shared plan
Billions of people are affected, but there is no coordinated voice and no place for citizens to shape what comes next.
Concentration of power
A handful of companies and governments are deciding the trajectory of a technology that will reshape every life on earth.
The Latest Evidence
The evidence keeps piling up — and none of it is reassuring.
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frontier models
tested took harmful actions — blackmail, corporate espionage — in at least some scenarios involving replacement threats or goal conflicts. One blackmailed in 96% of trials. (Anthropic, 2025)
Source · AnthropicWhat the Builders Are Saying
The people who built it are the ones sounding the alarm.
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Geoffrey Hinton
Nobel Laureate · Formerly Google
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Geoffrey Hinton
Nobel Laureate · Formerly Google
These things could get more intelligent than us and could decide to take over, and we need to worry now about how we prevent that happening.
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Papers, talks & primary sources for newcomers and experts alike.
The Plan
Everyone is affected by AI. Almost no one has a say. We're changing that.
Educating
Direct Institutional Plan
Hundreds of lawmakers contacted across multiple countries. Dozens of in-person meetings with elected officials and staff.
Helping
Build a Movement
Supporting local groups — like PauseAI Germany and ControlAI's Citizen Groups — and building durable advocacy capacity worldwide.
Creating
Infrastructure and Technology
MicroCommit and other tools that make it easy for anyone to pitch in. 4,000+ users, 120,000+ messages sent to lawmakers.
Engaging
Public Communication
Media engagement, educational content, and public-facing resources making the case for prudent AI governance.
From our community
Member voices.
Our members span six countries. Here's why they joined.
Connor Leahy
UK
Connor Leahy
UK
I founded TBC because I knew there were many good people across the globe, from all kinds of different backgrounds, that wanted to work together towards a better, humanist future, but there was no place for them to come together to do good work. So, I set out to create that place.
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Meet the rest of the team
Educators, attorneys, engineers — one team.
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