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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains
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Mohan VelooChief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific, China and Japan at F5, specializing in enterprise technology and security.votes For and says:Human approval should remain mandatory for actions that could jeopardize human safety, create material financial loss, change production systems, delete or disclose sensitive data, alter security policies, create legal commitments, affect employment ...
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Pacific Islands Forum LeadersCollective of heads of government and leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum, the region’s intergovernmental political and economic policy organization.votes For and says:
AI governance must promote transparency, accountability, safety and meaningful human oversight.
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Jeana LeeProgram Manager at the National Whistleblower Center.votes For and says:
The people closest to an emerging technology should not have to choose between protecting the public and protecting their careers.
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Samm SacksSenior fellow at New America focused on China, technology policy, cybersecurity, data governance, and artificial intelligence.votes For and says:
While outcomes are likely to be limited, opening a channel where both sides could share observations and jointly monitor AI safety incidents would be an important starting point.
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Sydney Von ArxAI safety researcher and founder of the nonprofit Nightingale.votes For and says:
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John AzizBritish writer, data scientist, and independent commentator on politics, economics, and technology.votes Against and says:
But we didn’t pause development and permanently mandate that they couldn’t go faster than horses. Eventually—after trial and error—we developed better and safer cars, as well as road safety laws to prevent accidents, and legal provisions like driver’...
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Liina VahtrasManaging Director at Estonia's e-Residency programme.votes Against and says:
AI agents cannot hold citizenship or legal personhood, but they can be linked to natural persons in legally sound ways.
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Andrea RendaDirector of Research at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), leading its Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and Digital Economy unit.votes For and says:
To remedy this situation, several proposals have been presented for an ambitious initiative that catalyses research and innovation around trustworthy AI solutions made in Europe and according to European values and principles.
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Justin SlaughterVice President of Regulatory Affairs at Paradigm; formerly served as a senior adviser at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as chief policy adviser at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.votes For and says:
We need requirements on labs disclosing agent swarm exploits/events within 48 hours of lab staff gaining knowledge of them and we need them today.
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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance
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Stacy GarrityPennsylvania Treasurer and Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania.votes For and says:Flock cameras are an intrusive invasion of privacy and they should be banned.
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Daniel CastroDirector, Center for Data Innovationvotes Against and says:
Banning advances in artificial intelligence would be a profound mistake. More capable AI systems could accelerate medical breakthroughs, advance scientific research, improve productivity, and lower costs for American families. With policymakers focus...
more AI Verified source (Sep 3, 2026)Daniel Castro · statements & votes -
AI might become conscious
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Zach BushPhysician, educator, and author of Biological Elegance.votes Against and says:AI cannot become conscious, nor can any machine aspect of technology or humanity.
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Build artificial general intelligence
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Greg BrockmanOpenAI cofounder; former presidentvotes For and says: -
AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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Dylan J. WhiteAI ethics researcher with a Ph.D. in the ethics of AI; former CIGI Digital Policy Hub visiting fellow.abstains and says: -
Bernie SandersU.S. Senator from Vermontvotes Against and says:
It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced. That’s why I am introducing legislation to immediately pause the development of increasingly powerful AI and ban the creation of systems that hu...
more AI Verified source (Sep 3, 2026)Bernie Sanders · statements & votes- For Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance (Aug 28, 2026)
- For Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens (Aug 26, 2026)
- For Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached (Aug 10, 2026)
- For Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely (Aug 10, 2026)
- For A nation should fund a citizens' dividend from AI windfall profits (Jun 22, 2026)