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Slow down AI development
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Jodey ArringtonU.S. Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district.votes Against and says:Zero risk means we lose. If that’s the game we’re going to play, we will lose. Managing the risk responsibly, that's right on. Winning the race, I think, is an imperative.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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Pope Leo XIVHead of the Catholic Churchvotes For and says:And I think from their perspective, many of them, they're very much open to looking for ways of making sure that AI does not displace or ultimately destroy humanity, but rather is a tool for human beings.
AI Verified source (Sep 26, 2026)Pope Leo XIV · statements & votes- For The first company or companies to develop AGI could gain control over a majority of economic activity (May 25, 2026)
- For The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth (May 25, 2026)
- For Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems (May 15, 2026)
- For Ban fully automated hiring decisions without human review (May 15, 2026)
- For Nations should establish binding international rules for AI safety and governance (May 15, 2026)
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AIs understand
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Reyaz AhmadFreelance writer and columnist for Lake City Timesabstains and says:Yes—intelligence can probably be artificial. But artificial intelligence does not therefore have to possess an artificial version of the human mind. [...] What has not been established is that current AI possesses consciousness, subjective experience...
more AI Verified source (Sep 26, 2026)Reyaz Ahmad · statements & votes- For AI might become conscious (Sep 26, 2026)
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AI might become conscious
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Reyaz AhmadFreelance writer and columnist for Lake City Timesvotes For and says:To declare today’s AI conscious simply because it speaks fluently would go far beyond the available evidence. But to declare that a machine could never become conscious would also claim more certainty than science presently allows.
AI Verified source (Sep 26, 2026)Reyaz Ahmad · statements & votes- Abstain AIs understand (Sep 26, 2026)
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Scott BessentU.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2025–present); founder of Key Square Groupvotes For and says:
The best way to guarantee safety [...] is for those creating the technology to be liable for what they build and generate.
AI Verified source (Sep 25, 2026)Scott Bessent · statements & votes- For Establish an international AI incident reporting system (Sep 21, 2026)
- Against AI will create a permanent underclass (Apr 16, 2026)
- For Introduce a universal basic wealth system that grants individuals a capital endowment at birth (2026)
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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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Pedro SánchezPrime Minister of Spainvotes For and says:We should also slow down their development until we find a way to make this technology safe and channel its power towards the goals we truly have as a society.
AI Verified source (Sep 25, 2026)Pedro Sánchez · statements & votes- For Slow down AI development (Sep 25, 2026)
- For The first company or companies to develop AGI could gain control over a majority of economic activity (Apr 22, 2026)
- For Establish a UN-led body to oversee compute-intensive AI (Apr 22, 2026)
- For AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone (2026)
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Clément DelangueHugging Face cofounder and CEOvotes For and says:
To better understand and mitigate these emerging cybersecurity risks, the global community needs stronger standards for monitoring and incident disclosure.
AI Verified source (Sep 25, 2026)Clément Delangue · statements & votes- For AI labs should give independent evaluators employee-like access (Sep 13, 2026)
- For Establish a UN-led body to oversee compute-intensive AI (Jul 21, 2026)
- Against Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI (2024)
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Andrew CharltonAustralian Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economyvotes Against and says:
An AI agent is not a legal person, and in our law liability for this type of incident always sits with a person or a company. The liability has to be traced back to the intent of a person or a company that created or directed the agent.
AI Verified source (Sep 25, 2026)Andrew Charlton · statements & votes- For [🇺🇸 Congress, Dec 2025] Establishing a National Security and Defense AI Institute (Jul 7, 2026)
- For Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains (Jul 7, 2026)
- For Governments should fund open-source AI safety tools and red-teaming infrastructure as public goods. (Jul 7, 2026)
- Against Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely (Jul 7, 2026)
- For Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models (Jul 7, 2026)
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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains
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Gleb TsipurskyBehavioral scientist and authorvotes For and says:An agent with production access, payment authority, persistent credentials, or the ability to direct other agents should face stronger evaluation, logging, approval, and incident-reporting expectations. [...] For serious incidents, a report should an...
more AI Verified source (Sep 24, 2026)Gleb Tsipursky · statements & votes -
Jean-Noël BarrotFrench Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and former minister for digital transition.votes For and says:
Just as with the atom back then, the international community must now regulate AI in order to make the most of its potential and avoid the worst.
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Jason McEwenInterim Chief Scientist and Mission Director for Fundamental Research in AI at the Alan Turing Institute; Professor at University College London.votes For and says:
The scientific work now is to ensure reasoning of powerful AI models remains observable as they become more capable, or to build the tools to read it where it is not, and to verify that complete AI systems, not just the models inside them, can be rel...
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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Gary CohnIBM vice chairman and former director of the U.S. National Economic Council.votes For and says:I believe that AI will be a productivity boom for this country. [...] If the economy grows and GDP grows, which is what happens in productivity, you actually create more jobs or you don't lose jobs because you need more jobs for what's going on in th...
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Gavin NewsomGovernor of Californiavotes For and says:
Proposals under consideration include requiring independent third parties to be embedded in frontier AI companies to verify safety frameworks and independently assess safety evaluations, as well as requiring companies to develop an emergency shutoff,...
more AI Verified source (Sep 23, 2026)Gavin Newsom · statements & votes- For [🇺🇸 Congress, Oct 2025] Requiring age verification and content safeguards for AI chatbots to protect minors (Sep 11, 2026)
- For Frontier AI labs should be required to contribute a share of their equity to a national fund that pays a dividend to every citizen (Jun 26, 2026)
- Against AI will create a permanent underclass (May 21, 2026)
- For Introduce a universal basic wealth system that grants individuals a capital endowment at birth (May 20, 2026)
- For AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone (May 7, 2026)
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Donald J. TrumpU.S. President (2025–present)votes Against and says:
We will only encourage super intelligence. We’re going to encourage it, not rein it in.
AI Verified source (Sep 23, 2026)Donald J. Trump · statements & votes- Against Nations should establish binding international rules for AI safety and governance (Sep 23, 2026)
- Against Slow down AI development (Sep 21, 2026)
- Against AI poses an existential threat to humanity (Sep 14, 2026)
- Against Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely (Sep 13, 2026)
- For Introduce a universal basic wealth system that grants individuals a capital endowment at birth (Jun 5, 2026)
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AI labs should conduct risk assessments before high-stakes internal deployment of frontier models
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Melissa ShustermanPennsylvania state representative for the 157th District; primary sponsor of Pennsylvania House Bill 2800, the Artificial Intelligence Risk Prevention Act.votes For and says:Each large frontier developer shall begin to develop a frontier AI framework to govern how the large frontier developer will: [...] Establish thresholds to assess whether a frontier model has capabilities that could pose a catastrophic risk [...] App...
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