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Tim Berners-Lee

Inventor of the World Wide Web

I would like to see a CERN for AI [...] where all the top scientists come together and see whether they can make a super intelligence. And, if they can, they contain it into a system where it can't just go out and persuade people to let it run the world.

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Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN

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AI Verified The quote directly supports the full statement: the author explicitly says, "I would like to see a CERN for AI," describing a collaborative institute where top scientists work together. That clearly indicates support for creating a global AI institute similar to CERN. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote clearly supports the idea: "I would like to see a CERN for AI" where "all the top scientists come together." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

Mandate the CERN for AI to build safe superintelligence

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AI Verified The quote directly supports creating a 'CERN for AI' whose purpose is to develop superintelligence and keep it safely contained, matching the full statement's core idea. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote says "I would like to see a CERN for AI" where scientists "see whether they can make a super intelligence" and, if they can, "contain it," which clearly supports the idea. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The Guardian interview at the provided URL contains the full sentence and attributes it to Tim Berners-Lee; PC Gamer separately reproduces the same wording from that interview. The quote is authentic and correctly attributed, with only minor presentation differences in the submitted version: Guardian styles it as Cern, and the source has a comma after AI rather than an actual omission. ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/p/x48mfy)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

AI Verified Guardian URL blocked WebFetch, but web search verified Tim Berners-Lee's exact quote calling for "a CERN for AI" where top scientists collaborate on safe superintelligence and contain it. Multiple sources (CleanTechnica, PC Gamer, AI World Today, Slashdot) corroborate the Guardian Jan 29, 2026 interview. Vote "for" statement "Mandate the CERN for AI to build safe superintelligence" directly aligns with his proposal. Year 2026 is current. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 4mo ago

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Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN

We can’t let the same thing happen with AI. [...] I coded the world wide web on a single computer in a small room. But that small room didn’t belong to me, it was at Cern. Cern was created in the aftermath of the second world war by the UN and Euro...

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