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YouCongress Polls
Expert and Citizen Preferences on AI Governance
Sourced quotes and a participation layer keep expert and citizen preferences in plain view.
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For (49)Steve BrotmanFounder and Managing Partner of Alpha Partners; venture capital investor with 25 years of experience; former adviser to Pritzker Group Venture Capitalvotes For and says:A sovereign wealth fund would not replace capitalism. It would extend capitalism's upside to people the current structure leaves out. [...] It would invest in society alongside the people already benefiting from these rapidly appreciating assets so t... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Yann LeCunComputer scientist, AI researcherabstains and says:Whether AI's benefits are widely shared is a political question, has nothing to do with technology. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
64 opinions
For (42)Paul Tudor JonesAmerican hedge fund manager and philanthropist; founder and CIO of Tudor Investment Corporation; co-founder of the Robin Hood Foundationvotes For and says:[AI] is the greatest challenge that has ever faced humanity. [...] We need to do it tomorrow. We're late already. We should have already done it. AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (22)Milton MuellerProfessor at Georgia Tech School of Public Policy; internet governance scholar and co-founder of the Internet Governance Projectvotes Against and says:Computer scientists often aren't good judges of the social and political implications of technology. They are so focused on the AI's mechanisms and are overwhelmed by its success, but they are not very good at placing it into a social and historical ... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
AI alignment is solvable
30 opinions
For (12)Adam JermynAI alignment researcher at Anthropic; physicist with PhD in Astronomy from the University of Cambridgevotes For and says:Overall, our impression is, as we hypothesized in our discussion of Claude's constitution, that teaching the principles underlying aligned behavior can be more effective than training on demonstrations of aligned behavior alone. AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (18)Yujin PotterPhD student at UC Berkeley researching AI safety and multi-agent systemsvotes Against and says:Beyond the peer preservation, what we would like to emphasize is not only this specific scenario but also such misaligned behavior can emerge in many different scenarios. [...] Peer preservation is just like the tip of the iceberg. AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
For (53)Adam GleaveCEO and founder of FAR.AI; AI safety researcher; UC Berkeley PhD in AI alignment and reward-hackingvotes For and says:The central obstacle to AI safety coordination is not the absence of solutions but rather the absence of a standard: without a shared, legible definition of what makes an AI system safe, companies and governments have no basis for holding each other ... more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (6)Eric SchmidtFormer Google CEO; tech investorvotes Against and says:A [central] problem with regulating frontier AI models is that a new feature emerges in these systems that is not tested, testable. [...] As long as you have this new emergent power, you have deep reasoning, deep capabilities, and they will make mist... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Regulated industries should prohibit AI from making autonomous decisions where fiduciary duty applies
58 opinions
For (45)Pope Leo XIVHead of the Catholic Churchvotes For and says:In a context in which the high level of computerization of financial tools imposes increasingly elaborate and artificial forms of mediation in interpersonal relationships, you — heirs to a great tradition of human attentiveness — are called to ensure... more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (6)Will BibleAudit & Assurance Partner and Digital Transformation Officer, Deloitteabstains and says:With agentic AI, experienced auditors would be supported by autonomous agents, allowing them to dedicate more attention to complex and judgment-oriented procedures. Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (7)Milan VeskovicCEO, Superagent AIvotes Against and says:We're redefining what it means to be an insurance agent — with fully autonomous AI agents that will eliminate human error, offer superior client interactions 24/7, and fundamentally alter industry expectations. Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
For (30)Bernie SandersU.S. Senator from Vermontvotes For and says:We can't allow a handful of billionaires, eager to increase their wealth and power, to rush forward with a technology that will fundamentally transform humanity without democratic input or accountability. AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Democratic middle powers should jointly develop frontier AI and share its benefits globally
17 opinions
For (13)Gordon LaForgeSenior Policy Analyst at New America; co-Director of People, State and Planet initiative; researcher on AI geopolitics and democracyvotes For and says:For middle powers, the logic of banding together is undeniably compelling at a time of escalating great power coercion. [...] It would be a distributed or collaborative sovereignty in which AI infrastructure, capabilities, and governance decisionmaki... more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (4)Christine LagardePresident of the European Central Bankvotes Against and says:If history is any guide, the larger economic prize may lie not in producing these tools, but in applying them across the wider economy. [...] Europe is not leading the way in developing frontier AI models, but providers of digital services in Europe ... more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems
74 opinions
For (57)Chris FallDirector of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at NIST; former Energy Department official in the first Trump administrationvotes For and says:Independent, rigorous measurement science is essential to understanding frontier AI and its national security implications. [...] These expanded industry collaborations help us scale our work in the public interest at a critical moment. AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (17)Kevin FrazierLawfare contributorvotes Against and says:Finally, it’s not clear how well some of the act’s provisions reflect the current state of the AI ecosystem. The act demands that labs hire an independent third party to complete an annual audit of their protocols to ensure compliance with the act. T... more AI Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
The EU should build sovereign AI infrastructure to reduce dependence on US cloud providers
25 opinions
For (23)Mario DraghiEconomist, former ECB Presidentvotes For and says:AI requires industrial mobilisation on a scale not seen in generations: huge investments in energy, semiconductors, computing infrastructure and capital. [...] The US is on track to spend about five times more than Europe on building data centres by ... more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Zach MeyersDirector of research at CERREvotes Against and says:trying to decouple wholesale from US cloud risks hurting European competitiveness more than it helps sovereignty. Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
Ban autonomous lethal weapons
67 opinions
For (42)Stuart J. RussellAI Expert and Professorvotes For and says:Fully autonomous weapons means that you can press one button and kill one million people. We're moving very quickly towards this world. AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)France’s foreign ministryabstains and says:At first, lethal autonomous weapons systems that cannot guarantee use in conformity with international humanitarian law — that is, systems that are intrinsically indiscriminate; systems whose effects cannot be limited, anticipated and controlled; sys... more AI Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (24)Vinod KhoslaVenture capitalist; Khosla Ventures foundervotes Against and says:Personal view: I admire @AnthropicAI sticking by their principles but disagree with the principle itself. Putin won't fight fair so we should have autonomous AI weapons for sure. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
For (19)Andrea MiottiFounder and CEO of ControlAIvotes For and says:[The kill switch] helps in cases where the government has reason to believe super-intelligent AI, AI that can autonomously compromise national security, is being developed on UK soil. [...] The UK is not truly sovereign on AI if it can't pull the plu... more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Sam AltmanCEO at OpenAIabstains and says:There's not one big magic red button that blows up the data centre, which I think some people sort of assume exists. Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Ramez NaamScience author and futuristvotes Against and says:If a government AI kill switch already existed, would the current DOD or current administration have used it, or the threat of it, against Anthropic? Could they use it to coerce AI companies into behaviors that are counter to the public interest? Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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For (37)Alexandria Ocasio-CortezU.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district; lead sponsor of the DEFIANCE Actvotes For and says:Congress has a moral obligation to stand with the American people and stop the expansion of these data centers until we have a framework to adequately address the existential harm AI poses to our society. AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (18)Lord Patel of BradfordNarendra Babubhai Patel KT; Member of the UK House of Lords; crossbench peervotes Against and says:I come from the position of saying that moratoriums will not work. But we can work in co-operation with other nations that have already started regulating, such as South Korea and Australia, as well as work with our AI Security Institute in the Unite... more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
47 opinions
For (42)Sundar PichaiCEO of Google and Alphabetvotes For and says:DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Yann LeCunComputer scientist, AI researchervotes Against and says:The question that people are debating is whether it makes sense to regulate research and development of AI. And I don't think it does. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
For (14)Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaPresident of Brazil (2023–present); previously served 2003–2010votes For and says:Nevertheless, none of these forums can replace the universality of the United Nations in ensuring multilateral, inclusive, and development-oriented international governance of artificial intelligence. AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (12)Lauren LovelaceU.S. Mission counselor at the United Nationsvotes Against and says:[This is] a significant overreach of the U.N.'s mandate and competence. We will not cede authority over AI to international bodies that may be influenced by authoritarian regimes seeking to impose their vision of controlled surveillance societies. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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For (13)Francesca GomezFounder of Wiser Human AI safety organisation; lead author of "Designing escalation criteria for international AI incident response" (2026); AI governance and control researchervotes For and says:AI incident reporting requirements are emerging in regulation and policy, yet no operational criteria exist for determining when a detected AI incident warrants escalation beyond national handling to international coordination. [...] For escalation t... more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.