Bella DeVaan

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Director of the Charity Reform Initiative at the Institute of Policy Studies.

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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone
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The fox can’t guard the henhouse. They can’t be responsible for their own regulation or for their own definition of what their altruistic mandate is. That has to be determined by the public.
AI Verified source (Jun 11, 2026)

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AI will create a permanent underclass
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Without government intervention, she worries AI will create a permanent underclass of workers.
AI Verified source (Jun 11, 2026)

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