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Computer scientist, AI researcher
The question that people are debating is whether it makes sense to regulate research and development of AI. And I don't think it does.
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Mandate big AI companies spend 30% of compute on AI safety
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AI Verified The quote expresses opposition to regulating AI research and development in general, and the proposed mandate is a specific form of such regulation. This clearly implies opposition to requiring big AI companies to devote 30% of compute to AI safety. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago
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AI Verified The quote says regulating AI research and development "does not" make sense, which clearly points against a mandate like requiring companies to spend 30% of compute on AI safety. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago
Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached
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AI Verified The quote clearly opposes regulating AI research and development in general: the author says it does not make sense to regulate AI R&D. Since banning superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached is a form of regulating AI development, the quote implies opposition to the full statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago
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AI Verified The quote says it does not make sense to "regulate research and development of AI," which clearly opposes a ban on developing superintelligence as a form of AI regulation. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago
Mandate reporting of AI training runs above 10²⁶ FLOPs to a designated national or international authority
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AI Verified The quote clearly opposes regulating AI research and development in general ('I don't think it does'). A mandatory requirement to report very large AI training runs to an authority is a specific form of such regulation, so the quote implies opposition to the full statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago
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AI Verified The quote broadly rejects regulating AI research and development: "I don't think it does" make sense to "regulate research and development of AI," which clearly covers a mandate to report large training runs. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the provided WIRED interview was published on Dec. 22, 2023, and its transcript attributes this exact sentence to Yann LeCun: “The question that people are debating is whether it makes sense to regulate research and development of AI. And I don't think it does.” ([wired.com](https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-meta-yann-lecun-interview/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 8d ago
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