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Comment by Kevin Kohler
Researcher, Simon Institute
The idea of a “CERN for AI” was first proposed by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus at the AI for Good Summit in 2017. He invoked CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, as a model of international, publicly funded scientific collaboration that could be replicated for AI. Since then, the idea of a “CERN for AI” has gained momentum in AI governance.
CERN is governed by a Council composed of representatives from its 25 member states. Each member state has two representatives: one from the government and one from the scientific community. Each country has one vote, and all decisions aim for consensus.
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Verified via web search. The first paragraph is confirmed verbatim from Kevin Kohler's article at the Simon Institute: "The idea of a 'CERN for AI' was first proposed by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus at the AI for Good Summit in 2017" - exact match. Kevin Kohler is confirmed as a Senior Tech Policy Specialist at the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance. The second paragraph describing CERN's governance (Council of representatives from 25 member states, two representatives each, one vote per country, decisions aiming for consensus) is factually accurate about CERN's actual governance structure. The vote "for" the statement "Grant member states majority governance control in the CERN for AI" aligns - Kohler describes (and implicitly endorses) the CERN model where each member state has equal voting power. Could not fetch simoninstitute.ch directly (blocked) but content is well-confirmed.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 5d ago
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