Stuart J. Russell

Developing strong AI would be the biggest event in human history, but we need to make sure it's not the last event in human history. source Unverified

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 decided to take that enriched uranium and buy several pounds of it and make a bomb, we say that some liability should reside with the company that decided to sell the enriched uranium. They could put advice on it saying, "Do not use more than," you know, "three ounces of this in one place," or something. But no one's going to say that that absolves them from liability. So, I think those two are really important. And the open source community has got to start thinking about whether they should be liable for putting stuff out there that is ripe for misuse. (2023) source Verified

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? (2025) source Verified

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

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 that are provably safe and beneficial, which can then be mandated. Until then, we need real regulation and a pervasive culture of safety. (2023) source Unverified

“If we pursue [our current approach], then we will eventually lose control over the machines. But, we can take a different route that actually leads to AI systems that are beneficial to humans,” said Russell. “We could, in fact, have a better civilization.” “You should not deploy systems whose internal principles of operation you don’t understand, that may or may not have their own internal goals that they are pursuing and that you claim show ‘sparks of AGI,’ […] ‘If we believe we have sparks of AGI, that’s a technology that could completely change the face of the earth and civilization,’ said Russell. ‘How can we not take that seriously?’” (2023) source Unverified