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Comment by Charbel-Raphaël Segerie

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Executive Director of the French Center for AI Safety (CeSIA) and founder of ML4Good.
There are many conceivable versions of a “CERN for AI.” But the version that seems politically realistic (a new catch-up lab) probably would not do much for safety, while the versions that would materially improve safety (e.g., pause + merge of all companies) are probably unrealistic. So I see the CERN idea as a distraction, and not a particularly neglected one.
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Charbel-Raphaël Segerie, “A CERN for AI is a distraction; push for an IAEA instead,” LessWrong, July 1, 2026.
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Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN
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AI Verified The author calls the politically realistic CERN-for-AI a safety distraction, clearly signaling opposition to creating it. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer “against” matches the author’s explicit characterization of the CERN-for-AI idea as a distraction. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified LessWrong post dated 2026-07-01 contains the TL;DR verbatim; author profile identifies Charbel-Raphaël as Charbel-Raphaël Segerie. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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