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Lord Strasburger

Liberal Democrat life peer

A moratorium and binding international regulation of ASI is, frankly, our only hope, however hard it will be to agree.

AI Verified (Jan 29, 2026)

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UK House of Lords, debate “Superintelligent AI,” January 29, 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 Hansard quote calls an ASI moratorium the only hope, directly establishing a stance on global slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Hansard calls a moratorium and binding international regulation ASI's only hope, supporting for. · 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: A moratorium and binding international regulation of ASI is, frankly, our only hope, however hard it will be to agree. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 9d ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: A moratorium and binding international regulation of ASI is, frankly, our only hope, however hard it will be to agree. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 9d ago

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AI Verified Official Hansard, 29 Jan 2026, records Lord Strasburger stating this verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens

We are talking today about live facial recognition at protests and why the police must not be allowed to use it until Parliament has agreed a clear and democratic code of practice.

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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance

Live facial recognition is not just another camera on a street corner; it is a mass surveillance tool that can scan every face in a crowd, compare people in real time against a watch-list and permanently change what it feels like to stand in the publ...

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely