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Comment by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

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British Conservative life peer and former UK environment minister.
However, there are dangers. We would be mad to ignore them because many of the same people who built this technology—people who have won Nobel Prizes and Turing Awards—are warning that AI poses an extinction risk to humanity.
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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, remarks in the UK House of Lords debate “AI Systems: Risks,” January 8, 2026.
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AI Verified Official Hansard, 8 Jan 2026, attributes this exact wording to Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park in the AI Systems: Risks debate. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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