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Comment by Demis Hassabis
Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind
Maybe it would be good to have a slightly slower pace, so that we can get this right societally. [...] Asked whether he would advocate for a pause in AI development if every company and country joined in, Hassabis responded: "I think so." He added that such restraint would require "international collaboration."AI Verified source (2026)
2mo ago
Policy proposals and claims
Verification History
AI Verified
Verified. Quote attributed to Demis Hassabis (Nobel laureate, CEO of Google DeepMind), year 2026, from Davos 2026 (Jan 22). WebFetch of the Transformer News source_url returned HTTP 403, but a web search confirmed the quote: asked whether they'd welcome slowing AI development, both Hassabis and Amodei said yes; Hassabis said "Maybe it would be good to have a slightly slower pace, so that we can get this right societally," while cautioning that such restraint would require "international collaboration." Corroborated by The Economist (via Transformer), Semafor, and Fortune coverage of the same Davos session. Vote alignment: statement 379 ("Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached") with a "for" vote is consistent with Hassabis's pro-restraint position — he favors slowing the race to get it right and signaled "I think so" to a coordinated pause if all companies/countries joined. Note: his support is conditional on international coordination rather than a unilateral ban, but the direction is clearly "for" coordinated restraint. Author attribution and source are correct.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 11d ago
replying to Demis Hassabis