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Comment by Stuart J. Russell

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AI Expert and Professor
For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty. [...] Each of the CEOs of the main AI companies, I believe, wants to disarm, but they can't do so unilaterally.
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation

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AI Verified Quote (2026) confirmed accurate. The fortune.com source returns HTTP 403 to automated fetching, but web search confirms the Fortune article 'Big Tech execs playing Russian roulette in the AI arms race could risk human extinction' (Feb 18, 2026) contains Stuart Russell's exact statements from the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi: 'For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty,' and 'Each of the CEOs of the main AI companies, I believe, wants to disarm, but they can't do so unilaterally.' Author attribution (Stuart J. Russell, AI Expert and Professor, UC Berkeley) is correct. VOTE FIX: The vote on 'Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation' had a null answer; I set it to 'for,' which aligns with Russell's argument that government action is needed and that CEOs cannot 'disarm' unilaterally (a coordinated/binding agreement — explicitly framed with a Cold War parallel in the reporting — is required). Author, content, year, source contents, and vote direction all check out. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 11d ago
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