Stuart J. Russell

And a second point is about liability. And it's not completely clear where exactly the liability should lie. But to continue the nuclear analogy, if a corporation decided they wanted to sell a lot of enriched uranium in supermarkets, and someone deci... more Verified source (2023)

For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty. [...] Each of the CEOs of the main AI companies, I believe, wants to disarm, but they can't do... more 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)

[The spending on AI safety is] off by a factor of 10 to 50 million. This is the biggest technology project in human history [...] The only way forward is to figure out how to make AI safety a condition of doing business. Unverified source (2026)

The problem of control — how do we maintain power, forever, over entities that will eventually become more powerful than us — is the most important problem facing humanity. Unverified source (2023)

This is not a ban or even a moratorium in the usual sense. It’s simply a proposal to require adequate safety measures for a technology that, according to its developers, has a significant chance to cause human extinction. Is that too much to ask? Verified source (2025)

This committee has discussed ideas such as third-party testing, a new national agency, and an international coordinating body, all of which I support. Here are some more ways to “move fast and fix things”: Eventually, we will develop forms of AI tha... more Unverified source (2023)

A treaty banning autonomous weapons would prevent large-scale manufacturing of the technology. Unverified source (2017)

For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty. Unverified source (2026)

Allowing machines to choose to kill humans would be devastating to our security and freedom. [...] the window to act is closing fast. Unverified source (2018)

When you're taking over all cognitive functions—the ability to answer a question, to make a decision, to make a plan... you are turning someone into less than a human being. Unverified source (2026)