Baroness Doocey on AI poses an existential threat to human…

Baroness Doocey

Liberal Democrat life peer in the UK House of Lords and advocate for civil liberties and privacy safeguards.

More importantly, the Government’s own AI Scenarios 2030 report, published earlier this month, acknowledges that highly capable AI could give rise to ‘serious, potentially even existential harms’, and, in the absence of effective intervention, highlights autonomous risks in which advanced systems may develop objectives that ‘resist human control’.

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Baroness Doocey, House of Lords debate on the National Security (State Threats) Bill, June 30, 2026.

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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Ban governments from using AI to conduct mass surveillance of citizens

It would prohibit live facial recognition when police impose conditions under the Public Order Act unless and until Parliament had approved a new statutory code of practice.

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