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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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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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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.
AI Verified source (Sep 4, 2026) -
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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Australia’s Data and Digital MinistersAustralian federal, state, and territory ministers responsible for data and digital policy.votes For and says:
Governments should provide clear, simple explanations for how an AI system reaches an outcome.
AI Verified source (Sep 4, 2026)Australia’s Data and Digital Ministers · 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)
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Greg CasarU.S. Representative from Texas; Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucusvotes For and says:
If we allow artificial superintelligence to be built it could risk the security freedom and lives of Americans. We need to ban the development of superintelligence so we never get to the place where there are machines that go beyond humans’ ability t...
more AI Verified source (Sep 3, 2026)Greg Casar · statements & votes- For Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely (Sep 3, 2026)
- For Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models (Jul 23, 2026)
- For Establish an international AI incident reporting system (Jul 21, 2026)
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Dido HardingMember of the UK House of Lords and co-sponsor of a 2026 AI emergency-shutdown amendment.votes For and says:
Having a kill switch to prevent AI catastrophes should be considered a bare minimum protection. The powers conferred by this amendment are not just nice to have; they are fundamental in safeguarding our national security.
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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed
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Ellen GoodmanProfessor at Rutgers Law School and co-founder of its Institute for Information Policy & Law.votes For and says:I'm not sure that pauses don't work. I think labs are begging for what they call pacing. So it's not about a technology pause, but it's about a pause for governance.
AI Verified source (Sep 2, 2026)