Comment by Holger Hoos

Machine learning professor; CAIRNE co-founder
‘Critical mass’ is the word that we really like. You really have to integrate all of Europe. Whenever you’re there, you’re surrounded by the top people,
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AI Verified The Times Higher Education article at the supplied URL, published February 25, 2020, quotes Holger Hoos as saying: “‘Critical mass’ is the word that we really like,” followed by “You really have to integrate all of Europe.” A few lines later, the same article quotes him again: “Whenever you’re there, you’re surrounded by the top people,” explicitly attributing both remarks to Professor Hoos. So the submitted text is authentic as a stitched excerpt with omitted intervening context (i.e., it would be faithful with [...]). · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. Web search confirms Hoos's "critical mass" framing and integration of all of Europe — these phrases come from the Times Higher Education article "Scientists split as Europe paves way for 'Cern of AI'" (Feb 25, 2020). Year 2020 matches. Hoos/CLAIRE explicitly back a central hub (envisioned to host up to 800 researchers) in addition to a Europe-wide network, so vote "for" the statement "The CERN for AI should have a central hub in one location" matches. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 2mo ago
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