# FLI Statement: Global civil society SI Safety Guidance

> FLI Statement (Global civil society): Open to individuals and organizations; signatures carry no legal force. Status: voluntary or guidance.

Source: https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/fli-superintelligence-statement/
Updated: 2026-11-08

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# FLI Statement

FLI Statement is an international SI safety measure (Global civil society), status: voluntary or guidance. Open to individuals and organizations; signatures carry no legal force.

Status
:   Voluntary or guidance

Jurisdiction
:   Global civil society

Signed
:   Oct 22, 2025

Next date
:   None set

## What it is

Statement on Superintelligence

Open to individuals and organizations; signatures carry no legal force.

## What it requires

- Prohibit the development of superintelligence
- Lift the prohibition only after broad scientific consensus that it can be done safely and controllably
- Also require strong public buy-in before lifting it

## Penalties

No penalties: this measure has no binding enforcement.

## Status

Voluntary or guidance As of November 8, 2026, per the [Control Map page for Global civil society](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/global-civil-society/). Statuses follow the Control Map method: in force means binding and applying now; passed means enacted but not yet applying; voluntary covers guidance and pledges; proposed means formally introduced; stalled means withdrawn, paused or dead.

## Sources

1. [Statement on Superintelligence](https://superintelligence-statement.org/) Future of Life Institute
2. [FLI Newsletter: October 2025](https://newsletter.futureoflife.org/p/fli-newsletter-october-2025) Future of Life Institute

The measure

Short name
:   FLI Statement

Jurisdiction
:   [Global civil society](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/global-civil-society/)

Status
:   Voluntary or guidance

Key dates

Introduced
:   n/a

Signed or adopted
:   October 22, 2025

Effective
:   n/a

Related terms

[Pause commitment **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/pause-commitment/)[Artificial superintelligence (ASI) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/artificial-superintelligence/)

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