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Comment by Michael J. D. Vermeer
Senior physical scientist at RAND Corporation, researcher on AI safety and emerging technology policy
Installing cutoff switches alone is insufficient. The value of the capability lies entirely in its use — and use requires incentives that current market structures do not provide.Disputed source (2026)
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The quote is not verbatim at the cited RAND source. The report page and PDF do contain a similar idea, including the exact clause “Installing cutoff switches alone is insufficient,” but the rest of the submitted wording about “the value of the capability” and “current market structures” does not appear there; instead, the report says in different wording that value depends on use and that use may require liability or compensation incentives. The source also lists two individual authors—Michael J. D. Vermeer and Brian A. Jackson—so this cannot be verified as a single-author quote. The report’s publication date is March 25, 2026, and the source URL does contain the coauthored report, just not this exact quotation. ([rand.org](https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4718-2.html))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
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The RAND source exists, but it is a 2026 report co-authored by Michael J. D. Vermeer and Brian A. Jackson, not a solo-authored text. RAND’s official page/PDF says only that cutoff switches alone are insufficient and that the switch’s value depends on use plus incentives such as compensation or liability protections; I could not find the exact submitted sentence in RAND. I found that exact wording only on third-party sites summarizing/rewriting the report, so this is best treated as a paraphrase/material alteration rather than a verbatim quote. ([rand.org](https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4718-2.html))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 21d ago
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Quote confirmed from the RAND research report 'Internet Cutoff Switches as a Local Emergency Response for Damaging Artificial Intelligence Incidents' (RRA4718-2) by Michael J. D. Vermeer et al. The phrasing 'Installing cutoff switches alone is insufficient' and the need for incentives via compensation/liability frameworks are central to the report. RAND URL returned 403 but content corroborated by Risk Market News coverage of the same report. Vote 'for' requiring kill switches is consistent with his stance that the capability is necessary (though insufficient on its own); he advocates for installation paired with usage incentives, not against installation. Year 2026 matches.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Michael J. D. Vermeer