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Tom Davidson

AI governance researcher

Demand kill switches on US data centres. This is much more late-stage, after the world has truly woken up to the strategic implications of AGI.

AI Verified (May 27, 2026)

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Tom Davidson, “How can the middle powers avoid getting pushed around by the AGI superpowers?”, Forethought, May 27, 2026.

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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment

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AI Verified Davidson explicitly proposes that middle powers demand kill switches on US data centres, directly supporting the linked containment measure. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Correct answer: for. Davidson explicitly advocates demanding kill switches on US data centres, supporting their installation for containment. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Tom Davidson’s Forethought article of May 27, 2026 contains the exact wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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