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If you ever went out with a car that had no brake, boy, you are in trouble if you go down a hill. But you're in even more trouble if there's no steering wheel.
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AI Verified Verified. An official United Nations Office at Geneva article dated 22 April 2026 explicitly attributes this remark to Geoffrey Hinton at the Digital World Conference and uses the same "no brake ... no steering wheel" wording. That page also links back to the cited UN News story, and a UN News mirror reproduces the same text. ([ungeneva.org](https://www.ungeneva.org/en/news-media/news/2026/04/117907/time-apply-brakes-runaway-ai-says-pioneer)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Geoffrey Hinton (2026). The UN News source_url returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching, but web search confirmed the article exists at that exact URL ("Time to apply the brakes to runaway AI, says pioneer," UN News, 2026-04-23) and corroborated the quote verbatim from his remarks at the Digital World Conference (UNRISD): "If you ever went out with a car that had no brake, boy, you are in trouble if you go down a hill. But you're in even more trouble if there's no steering wheel." Multiple outlets (Malay Mail, Eurasia Review, European Sting) corroborate. Year (2026) current and correct. Author attribution confirmed. Vote alignment: the metaphor is an argument for AI regulation/oversight (the "steering wheel"), which supports the statement "Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models" — a concrete oversight measure consistent with the "for" vote. Note: the metaphor argues for regulation broadly rather than naming safety-evaluation publication specifically, but the pro-oversight stance aligns with "for." · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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