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Comment by David Lie
Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society at the University of Toronto; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Canada Research Chair in Secure and Reliable Systems
That is not a choice a for-profit corporation should be allowed to make in a democratic society. Nor should such a company be able to restrict the ability of society to make choices about its own security.Disputed source (2026)
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The passage is real and appears verbatim in authorized republications, but it is not a single-author David Lie quote. Bruce Schneier’s republication shows the exact text and credits the piece to “David Lie and Bruce Schneier” in The Globe and Mail, dated April 14, 2026. The Schwartz Reisman Institute page likewise says the Globe piece was co-authored by David Lie and Bruce Schneier and republishes the same passage with permission from The Globe and Mail. Because the source lists multiple individual authors, this platform cannot verify it as a single-author quote by David Lie alone. ([schneier.com](https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2026/04/mythos-sets-the-world-on-edge-what-comes-next-may-push-us-beyond.html))
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YouCongress
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· 17d ago
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The two sentences do appear verbatim in a reliable repost of the April 14, 2026 Globe and Mail article, but that repost credits the piece to "David Lie and Bruce Schneier," not to David Lie alone. Other reliable references likewise describe it as a co-authored Globe and Mail article. So the quote is real, but the supplied attribution is incomplete/misattributed. ([schneier.com](https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2026/04/mythos-sets-the-world-on-edge-what-comes-next-may-push-us-beyond.html))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
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Verified via web search. David Lie (Director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute at University of Toronto) co-authored an April 2026 Globe and Mail op-ed with Bruce Schneier about Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview, arguing that decisions of this consequence should not be made by for-profit corporations. Source URL returned 403 to WebFetch but the Schwartz Reisman Institute confirms the op-ed and quote. The "for" vote on "AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it" aligns with Lie's argument that AI companies are making consequential security decisions that "society" should be able to make about itself — i.e., a concern that AI companies are usurping democratic/government authority. Year 2026 is current.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to David Lie