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Comment by Holly Elmore
Founder and Executive Director of PauseAI US; evolutionary biologist and AI moratorium advocate
The governance of superintelligence has to represent the stakeholders of Earth— all people. AI companies cannot grade their own homework. They cannot be allowed to hold so much power that they eclipse democracy.AI Verified source (Mar 24, 2026)
1mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly implies support. Saying AI companies "cannot grade their own homework" and "cannot be allowed" to hold that much power indicates the author favors mandatory independent oversight of powerful AI systems, which aligns with third-party audits for major AI systems.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Unverifiable
The quote argues that "AI companies cannot grade their own homework" and should not "hold so much power," which suggests outside oversight, but it does not explicitly mention mandating third-party audits for major AI systems.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly implies support for the statement: saying AI companies "cannot be allowed to hold so much power that they eclipse democracy" indicates the author believes advanced AI could give companies enough power to dominate democratic governments.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote warns that AI companies could "hold so much power that they eclipse democracy," which supports the idea that they could become more powerful than democratic governments.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
Verified. The cited Substack post is authored by Holly Elmore, dated March 24, 2026, and the source URL contains the quote verbatim in the body text (“The governance of superintelligence ... eclipse democracy.”). The stored author, date, source URL, and quote text match the source. ([hollyelmore.substack.com](https://hollyelmore.substack.com/p/you-have-the-power-my-stop-the-ai))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
Disputed
I found a near-verbatim match in Holly Elmore’s bylined Substack post, “YOU have the power: my Stop the AI Race speech,” published March 24, 2026. The passage appears in the post text and is attributed to her, but the source as retrieved reads: “The governance of superintelligence has to represent the stakeholders of Earth— all people. AI companies cannot grade their own homework. They cannot be allowed to hold so much power that they eclipse democracy.” Because the submitted version removes the space after the em dash (“Earth—all people”), I cannot confirm it as strictly verbatim as submitted. ([hollyelmore.substack.com](https://hollyelmore.substack.com/p/you-have-the-power-my-stop-the-ai))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
AI Verified
Verified via web search. Quote is from Holly Elmore's "Stop the AI Race" speech delivered at the AI Safety protest in San Francisco on April 21, 2026, published on her Substack. The source URL returned 403 to WebFetch but search results confirm the exact phrasing about "governance of superintelligence" representing "stakeholders of Earth," "AI companies cannot grade their own homework," and the warning about them "eclipsing democracy." Vote "for" the statement "AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it" aligns perfectly - Elmore explicitly warns AI companies should not be allowed to "hold so much power that they eclipse democracy."
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Holly Elmore