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Comment by Kevin Kohler
Researcher, Simon Institute
A CERN for AI needs strong talent clustering. Top researchers want to work with other top researchers. Unlike the talent concentration in Silicon Valley, European AI talent is more fragmented across hubs like Zurich, Paris, Berlin, and Barcelona.
Speakers echoed calls from the Centre for Future Generations and CLAIRE/CAIRNE to consolidate research efforts across Europe in order to foster serendipitous innovation. As highlighted by the Centre for Future Generations, this is compatible with multiple, geographically separate AI Gigafactories. […] while it would be impossible to create a “de novo” AI talent hub within a brief period of time, an existing AI talent ecosystem can be chosen as a starting point for a CERN for AI hub.
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Source URL (simoninstitute.ch blog post 'Three requirements for a CERN for AI – a Geneva Security Debate') returns 403 to WebFetch but Google search confirms the article exists at the exact URL provided and the snippet returns key phrases verbatim ('an existing AI talent ecosystem can be chosen as a starting point for a CERN for AI hub'). Author attribution to Kevin Kohler, Senior Tech Policy Specialist at the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance, is corroborated by his bio and other work. Year 2025 is current. Vote 'for' on statement #370 ('The CERN for AI should have a central hub in one location') correctly aligns with the quote, which argues for talent clustering and bootstrapping the hub from an existing ecosystem. Verified.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 5d ago
replying to Kevin Kohler