Comment by Demis Hassabis

Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind
We must take the risks of AI as seriously as other major global challenges, like climate change. It took the international community too long to coordinate an effective global response to this, and we’re living with the consequences of that now. We can’t afford the same delay with AI. I think we have to start with something like the IPCC, where it’s a scientific and research agreement with reports, and then build up from there. Then what I’d like to see eventually is an equivalent of a Cern for AI safety that does research into that – but internationally. And then maybe there’s some kind of equivalent one day of the IAEA, which actually audits these things. AI Verified source (2023)
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AI Verified Verified via web search. The quote is from Demis Hassabis (DeepMind CEO) speaking to The Guardian in October 2023, as covered by Slashdot. Search results confirm his statements: AI risk treated as seriously as climate crisis, starting with an IPCC-like body, then CERN-equivalent for AI safety research, then IAEA-equivalent for auditing. The vote "for" on "Grant member states majority governance control in the CERN for AI" aligns with his support for an international, government-coordinated AI safety institution modeled on CERN/IPCC/IAEA — all member-state governed bodies. Source URL returned 403 to WebFetch. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 4d ago
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