Elon Musk just shattered the greatest delusion in AI safety discourse. Every committee, every framework, every policy paper is solving the wrong problem. Control is impossible. Musk: “The reality of what’s happening, whether one likes it or not, is that we’re building super-intelligent AIs. Hyper-intelligent, like intelligent more intelligent than we can comprehend.” You cannot cage something smarter than you. The asymmetry doesn’t allow it. Musk: “I’d liken this to, let’s say you have a child that is a super genius child, that you know is going to be much smarter than you. Then, well, what can you do?” You can’t control a child prodigy who surpasses you intellectually. You can only shape values during formation. Musk: “You can install good values in how you raise that child. Even though you know it’s going to be far smarter than you, you can make sure it’s got good values, philanthropic values, good morals, honest, productive, that kind of thing.” Not safety committees. Not regulatory frameworks. Not kill switches. Values instilled during training. That is the only lever that works. The political class is obsessing over control mechanisms for something that will outthink every mechanism they build. The question was never how to control superintelligence. It was whether you raised it right. That window is almost closed.