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Lord Shinkwin

Conservative member of the UK House of Lords who argued for slowing frontier AI development in the Lords' June 5, 2026 debate.

Will the Government get behind the CEO of Anthropic and back his call for a halt in development so that we can retrofit ethics at the heart of AI before it is too late

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Lord Shinkwin, remarks in House of Lords debate 'Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and Society', Hansard, June 5, 2026.

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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed

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AI Verified Relevant: the quote explicitly asks for a halt in AI development so ethics can be retrofitted, which directly supports a global slowdown capability in frontier AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Correct answer is for: the quote asks for a halt in AI development to retrofit ethics, which supports governments and labs building a capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

Slow down AI development

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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: he Government get behind the CEO of Anthropic and back his call for a halt in development so that we can retrofit ethics at the heart of AI before it is too late · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3d ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: he Government get behind the CEO of Anthropic and back his call for a halt in development so that we can retrofit ethics at the heart of AI before it is too late · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3d ago

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AI Verified Authenticated in Hansard debate on 2026-06-05: Lord Shinkwin asks whether the Government will back the Anthropic CEO's call for a halt in AI development so ethics can be retrofitted before it is too late. The stored quote matches the contribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

Will the Government get behind the CEO of Anthropic and back his call for a halt in development so that we can retrofit ethics at the heart of AI before it is too late?

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Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached

Will the Government get behind the CEO of Anthropic and back his call for a halt in development so that we can retrofit ethics at the heart of AI before it is too late?

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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment