Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on Ban superintelligence development until…

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Conservative life peer and former UK minister

Governments are miles behind; in my view, our Government need to step up. They can start by acknowledging the existential risk of advanced AI and joining the numerous UK parliamentarians - including many in this Room today - who have called for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence unless and until we know how it can be controlled.

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

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AI Verified Hansard 2026-01-08 includes the same wording in Lord Goldsmith's speech on AI Systems: Risks; attribution and content match. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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