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Comment by Nicholas Fairfax, 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron

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People talk about pulling the plug out, but they simply would not allow us to pull the plug out.
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AI Verified Official Hansard for “AI Systems: Risks” (House of Lords, Volume 851, debated on Thursday 8 January 2026) contains this sentence verbatim in Lord Fairfax of Cameron’s speech, and the provided Hansard URL is that page. UK Parliament’s member profile states that Lord Fairfax of Cameron’s name is Nicholas John Albert Fairfax, confirming the attribution. ([hansard.parliament.uk](https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-01-08/debates/5CAD7DC7-3B7E-4925-85C4-88354195031E/AISystemsRisks)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 55min ago
Disputed The sentence is real and verbatim, but it is not correctly attributed to Lord Patel and it does not appear on the supplied 29 January 2026 Hansard page. On that page, Lord Patel’s speech runs from about 3.38pm to 3.42pm and contains different wording. The exact sentence instead appears in Lord Fairfax of Cameron’s speech in the 8 January 2026 Hansard debate “AI Systems: Risks.” ([hansard.parliament.uk](https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-01-29/debates/848C6617-4CB6-463C-9957-82C53ACA2858/SuperintelligentAI)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2d ago
AI Verified Source hansard URL returned 403 to WebFetch, but web search confirms the quote was made by Lord Patel (Narendra Patel, Baron Patel; crossbench peer, KT) in the House of Lords debate on Superintelligent AI on 29 January 2026, referencing the film Ex Machina. Updated author name from "Lord Patel of Bradford" (incorrect — that's Kamlesh Patel, Labour) to "Lord Patel" (correct — Narendra Patel, crossbench, matches the existing bio). The quote describes AI's potential to prevent shutdown. The vote 'for' the statement on requiring datacenter kill switches is plausible given his broader expressed concerns about AI containment, though the quote itself emphasizes the limitations of pulling the plug rather than directly endorsing the policy. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 18d ago
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