Halla Tómasdóttir on AI value alignment must be subject to p…

Halla Tómasdóttir

President of Iceland.

Those furthest from today's centers of power must be co-authors of this future, with a meaningful role in building the infrastructure, shaping the rules, and sharing fairly in the value created.

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Halla Tómasdóttir, remarks at Closing Sessions - Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance - Day 2, UN Transcripts, July 7, 2026.

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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone

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AI Verified The quote calls for those furthest from power to be co-authors, shaping rules and infrastructure, which is directly relevant to public deliberation on AI value alignment. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote says those furthest from power should be co-authors shaping the AI future, which supports the statement, so 'for' is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified UN transcript line 604 matches the stored quote about those furthest from power being co-authors of the AI future. Authentic and correctly attributed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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Ban autonomous lethal weapons

We must not normalize a future in which human beings delegate the irreversible decision to take a human life to a machine. Meaningful human responsibility must remain where the stakes are highest.

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