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Comment by Geoffrey Hinton
Godfather of Deep Learning
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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(2026)
1mo ago
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Verification History
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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."
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 17d ago
replying to Geoffrey Hinton