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Nate Soares

AI safety researcher; MIRI president

I think we've got to take this as a warning shot to not make them smarter, and that probably is going to require global collaboration.

AI Verified (Jul 23, 2026)

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Nate Soares, quoted in AP News, “AI models' breakout from human control brings a told-you-so moment for technology researchers,” July 23, 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 Soares urges not making AI systems smarter and says doing so will require global collaboration; this directly supports a global slowdown capability. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer for matches: Soares says AI should not be made smarter and that global collaboration is needed. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 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: I think we've got to take this as a warning shot to not make them smarter, and that probably is going to require global collaboration. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 15d ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: I think we've got to take this as a warning shot to not make them smarter, and that probably is going to require global collaboration. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 15d ago

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AI Verified AP’s July 23, 2026 report attributes this exact wording to Nate Soares. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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We should adopt AI 2040 Plan A

I doubt their Plan A would work as written.

AI Verified source (Jul 11, 2026)

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The U.S. and China should establish Mutually Assured Compute Destruction

I doubt their Plan A would work as written, but it’d have a chance of producing evidence that convinced world leaders to switch to Plan S, which I think has a shot.

AI Verified source (Jul 11, 2026)

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Nate Soares votes For

AI poses an existential threat to humanity

If we build it using anything remotely like modern methods, on anything remotely like the current understanding or lack of understanding that we have about AI, then yeah, building it anytime soon would be a death sentence.

AI Verified source (2026)

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