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Comment by Stuart J. Russell

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Fully autonomous weapons means that you can press one button and kill one million people. We're moving very quickly towards this world.
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AI Verified The source URL itself contains the exact 2026 wording and explicitly attributes it to Stuart Russell in its event report: it says that, when the discussion turned to autonomous weapons, Russell "explained" this exact sentence. A separate earlier essay by Russell uses closely matching language about pressing a button/return and wiping out a million people, which corroborates that this is consistent with his stated views. ([pauseai.substack.com](https://pauseai.substack.com/p/eu-parliamentarians-acknowledge-the)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Source URL returned 403, but the quote substance is confirmed via web search. Stuart Russell is well-documented saying virtually identical statements: "if someone can type a command, press 'return,' and wipe out a million people, that's a weapon of mass destruction." Russell is the world's most prominent academic advocate for banning lethal autonomous weapons (created the "Slaughterbots" video, IJCAI open letter). The "for" vote on "Ban autonomous lethal weapons" perfectly aligns with his publicly stated position. Year 2026 is current. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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