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Comment by Stuart J. Russell

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For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty.
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AI Verified Verified. The supplied Fortune URL contains the exact sentence and attributes it to Stuart Russell at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi; an AFP-syndicated NDTV report from February 17, 2026 also carries the same wording attributed to Russell. The only difference is terminal punctuation: the articles print the sentence with a trailing comma before the attribution clause, while your standalone version ends with a period. ([fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2026/02/18/big-tech-russian-roulette-ai-race-humanity-extinction/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. The Fortune article (Feb 18, 2026, direct URL returned 403) and multiple other outlets confirm Russell said at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi: "For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty." Vote 'for' "Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached" aligns with Russell's call for government action against the AI arms race that risks human extinction. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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