Comment by Demis Hassabis

Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind
So I think we'll solve it if we get our act together, we do this internationally, put all the best minds on it, we get going now... And I think given sufficient time with sufficient brain power — I believe in human ingenuity — I think we'll get this right.
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AI Unverifiable Source URL (fortune.com) returned HTTP 403. Web search confirms Demis Hassabis expressed these sentiments in 2026, stating he believes the technical safety problem is "a very tractable problem" and that he is "a big believer in human ingenuity." The Fortune article from April 16, 2026 is confirmed to exist. The exact wording may be slightly paraphrased but captures the essence of his statements. Vote "for" is correct: Hassabis expresses optimism about solving alignment. Year 2026 confirmed. Author attribution confirmed. Could not directly verify source URL content. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 21d ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL (fortune.com/2026/04/16/demis-hassabis-google-deepmind-chatbot-wars-ai-safety/) returned 403 Forbidden. Web search confirms this is from a Fortune article about Hassabis published April 16, 2026. Search results confirm Hassabis expressed optimism about AI safety, saying he believes in "stewarding AGI safely" and that with sufficient cooperation and brain power, humanity can get this right. The quote is consistent with his known optimistic views on AI safety. Vote "for" (AI alignment is solvable) is correct. Year 2026 is correct. Cannot directly verify the exact wording of the quote due to site blocking. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 21d ago
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