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Comment by Colin Deacon
Independent Senator for Nova Scotia, Canada; former technology entrepreneur; advocate for responsible AI, data and innovation policy
There is AI that is not responding to instructions, to commands, and there are documented cases of that. [...] If we don't consider ways to manage what we know is occurring already, and there is use of autonomous weapons already, if we are not looking to manage those risks, I think that is an error that middle nations will make.
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(2026)
16h ago
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Quote attributed to Senator Colin Deacon (Independent Senator for Nova Scotia, responsible-AI advocate). The CBC source URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but a web search independently confirmed the core of the quote — "There is AI that is not responding to instructions, to commands, and there are documented cases of that" — attributed to Deacon in coverage of Canadian parliamentarians joining the UK-based ControlAI campaign warning of extinction risk from superintelligent AI, the same story the CBC article covers. Deacon raises the concern about autonomous weapons already in use and the need to manage these risks. Vote alignment: statement is "Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached" and Deacon's vote is "for"; as a member of the ControlAI campaign urging containment of uncontrollable superintelligent AI, a "for" (supporting a ban/pause until risks are managed) is consistent. Year 2026 is current and relevant. Checks pass.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 11h ago
replying to Colin Deacon