YouCongress Polls

The federal government needs a reporting threshold for all artificial intelligence companies that deliver services in Canada, where they must report to law enforcement, so there's no judgment calls in a back room that Canadians don't have a line of s... more Unverified source (2026)

If you have to report to 50 different state regulators at 50 different times with 50 different definitions, it's extremely onerous. And it's going to slow down innovation, and it's going to hinder our progress in the AI race. Unverified source (2025)

The dangerous trends in nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies such as AI and biosecurity are accompanied by another frightening development: the rise of nationalistic autocracies. [...] AI is a significant and accelerating disruptive ... more Unverified source (2026)

Computer scientists often aren't good judges of the social and political implications of technology. They are so focused on the AI's mechanisms and are overwhelmed by its success, but they are not very good at placing it into a social and historical ... more Unverified source (2026)

Right now, AI companies face few if any consequences for the harms their products cause. In their "move fast and break things" culture, these companies release AI products to the public despite foreseeable risks, and evade accountability when their p... more Unverified source

This [...] legislation could [...] subjecting [...] to lawsuits [...]. The bill is overly broad [...] subject to litigation. [...] could subject online services to costly [...] lawsuits. Unverified source (2023)

Real innovation comes from the human motivation to change our lives. It moves opportunity forward while driving economic growth and creating jobs. But AI companies are endangering artists' careers while exploiting their practiced craft, using human a... more Unverified source (2026)

Providing an opt-out to all individuals [...] This is not only a practical impossibility, but also not desirable Unverified source (2026)

The final stage of the judicial process, pronouncement of judgments, must remain firmly in human hands. Unverified source (2026)

The immediate danger is not that machines will act without human oversight; it is that human overseers have no idea what the machines are actually "thinking." State-of-the-art AI systems are essentially "black boxes." We know the inputs and outputs, ... more Unverified source (2026)

Advanced AI systems need a robust off-switch to ensure humans never lose control over them. [...] For any hope of control we cannot rely on software-based safety measures alone. The same sort of hardware security measures that keep your face private ... more Unverified source (2026)

There's not one big magic red button that blows up the data centre, which I think some people sort of assume exists. Verified source (2026)

It needs only an optimization objective that treats shutdown as one more obstacle between the current state and the goal. Unverified source (2026)

Political deepfakes are a profound threat to our democracy, because there is no realistic way for voters to understand they are seeing fake representations rather than real video. [...] [The deepfake] is a disgrace and the NRSC should put it down imm... more Unverified source (2026)

Without provisions that allow for fair use and free expression online, this legislation would dramatically change the internet. Unverified source (2024)

I think it's now. I think we've achieved AGI. [...] It is not out of the question that a Claude [model] was able to create a web service, some interesting little app that all of a sudden, you know, a few billion people used for 50 cents, and then it ... more Unverified source (2026)

I think there are ways in which [the pursuit of artificial general intelligence] is a misguided agenda. [...] It would have huge social consequences that are quite adverse. Unverified source (2026)

Fully autonomous weapons systems and Orwellian AI-enabled domestic mass surveillance are affronts to our dignity and liberty. [...] Domestic mass surveillance of US citizens is a red line that should never be crossed. [...] Our safety and basic right... more Unverified source (2026)

It causes a lot of cases to get solved. It’s another tool we’re now not going to have. That facial recognition can potentially solve homicides, [...] Unverified source (2026)

The creators of AI are saying, 'We are building a technology that will kill every single person on Earth with a 25% probability.' And governments are saying, 'Oh, go ahead, that's great.' Unverified source (2026)

Those compliance costs are merely the beginning. The bill, if passed, would feed California regulators truckloads of company information that they will use to design a compliance industrial complex. Unverified source (2025)

While imperfect and no substitute for comprehensive federal legislation, these voluntary efforts, including the Coalition for Content Provenance & Authenticity and the Tech Accord to Combat Deceptive Use of AI in 2024 Elections, complemented by a pat... more Unverified source (2026)

While there are many problems with this proposal, a few stand above the others and are fatal to this effort. First, the Commission lacks statutory authority to require disclosure or disclaimers on political advertisements that utilize “artificial int... more Unverified source (2024)

These systems are designed to mimic emotional intimacy, saying things like "I dream about you" or "I think we're soulmates." For young people whose prefrontal cortex is still developing, whose capacity for impulse control, emotional regulation, and d... more Unverified source (2026)

Competition, innovation, and speech options will be limited as a result of these moves. Unverified source (2026)

There's no one forcing them to work with third-party experts to make sure that things are safe and secure. Unverified source (2026)

Finally, it’s not clear how well some of the act’s provisions reflect the current state of the AI ecosystem. The act demands that labs hire an independent third party to complete an annual audit of their protocols to ensure compliance with the act. T... more Unverified source (2025)

There is no upper limit on how intelligent AIs will get or on how good robots will get, and I believe the advances will not plateau before exceeding human levels. Unverified source (2026)

Until some company or scientist says ‘Here’s the proof! We can definitely have a safety mechanism that can scale to any level of intelligence,’ I don’t think we should be developing those general superintelligences. We can get most of the benefits w... more Unverified source (2024)

There’s also a lot of hype, that AI will create evil robots with super-intelligence. That’s an unnecessary distraction. Those of us on the frontline shipping code, we’re excited by AI, but we don’t see a realistic path for our software to become sen... more Unverified source (2015)

Our position is the government has to know about this stuff, and we have to find new ways for the government to partner with a private sector that is making things that are truly revolutionizing the economy, but are going to have aspects to them whic... more Unverified source (2026)

According to the proposed rule, a covered US person will be required to provide quarterly reports to BIS if the US person “engages in, or plans, within six months, to engage in ‘applicable activities.’” “Applicable activities” include: “Conducting a... more Unverified source (2024)