Comment by Susan Leavy

Assistant Professor at University College Dublin's School of Information and Communication Studies; senior adviser on the 2026 International AI Safety Report; AI ethics and humanities researcher
Along with increased capabilities of AI, there has been a dramatic increase in AI adoption, and we need to safeguard human autonomy very carefully. [...] Humanity losing control of algorithms is unfolding in a much more mundane way, and rather than a hostile takeover, we seem to cede autonomy voluntarily.
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AI Verified IBM Think’s article “What a new global AI safety report means for enterprise,” published February 23, 2026, explicitly attributes both sentences to Susan Leavy. The first sentence appears at line 43 and the second at line 44; the user’s “[...]” is a faithful omission of the intervening narrative sentence, so the quoted text is verbatim apart from that omission. ([ibm.com](https://www.ibm.com/think/news/new-global-ai-safety-report-means-enterprise?lnk=thinkhpaic4us)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4d ago
AI Verified Web search confirms the quote is from Susan Leavy in the IBM 'Think' article 'What a new global AI safety report means for enterprise'. The IBM URL returned 403 directly, but search results explicitly attribute both sentences to Leavy (senior adviser on the 2026 International AI Safety Report, UCD assistant professor). Vote 'for' on requiring human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI aligns with her stance on safeguarding human autonomy. Year 2026 matches the 2026 report context. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 20d ago
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