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Comment by Stuart J. Russell
AI Expert and Professor
Whichever company develops AGI first would have a significant advantage that would then increase relative to the other companies. That company — or a small handful of companies — may control a majority of economic activity on the planet and governments would become subordinate to these companies.Disputed source (2026)
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Disputed: I found no reliable source with the submitted paragraph verbatim. The cited TechCrunch URL does not contain that text; it only paraphrases Russell’s testimony about the “winner-take-all” nature of AGI development and the tension between pursuing AGI and safety. AP instead quotes Russell as saying, “Whichever company develops AGI first would have a very big advantage” and an “increasingly big lead over everyone else,” while a separate courtroom report says a handful of “first-mover” companies could “control a majority of economic activity on the planet.” This indicates the submitted quote is a stitched/altered paraphrase rather than a verbatim quotation from the cited source. ([techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/elon-musks-only-expert-witness-at-the-openai-trial-fears-an-agi-arms-race/))
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YouCongress
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· 1d ago
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Web search confirms Stuart Russell testified at the OpenAI trial (Musk v. Altman) in May 2026 as Musk's only expert witness on AI technology. The exact quote "governments would become subordinate to these companies" was confirmed via web search (found on dnyuz.com mirror and referenced in multiple outlets). TechCrunch article from May 4, 2026 covers his testimony about AGI arms race dynamics and winner-take-all competition. Source URL matches. Vote direction "for" is correct - the quote directly states governments would become subordinate. Year 2026 is correct. Author attribution confirmed (UC Berkeley professor, standard AI textbook co-author).
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 23d ago
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Quote attributed to Stuart J. Russell from his expert testimony at the Musk v. OpenAI trial (May 2026). Web search confirms Russell testified "Whichever company develops AGI first would have a significant advantage that would then increase relative to the other companies. That company -- or a small handful of companies -- may control a majority of economic activity on the planet and governments would become subordinate to these companies." Multiple sources (TechCrunch, eWeek, Yahoo News) corroborate this testimony. The source URL (techcrunch.com) returned HTTP 403. Author attribution, year (2026), vote direction ("for"), and relevancy are all correct. This quote is perhaps the most directly relevant to the statement, as it explicitly says governments would become subordinate to AGI-developing companies.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 23d ago
replying to Stuart J. Russell