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Expert opinions on AI Policy
Sourced quotes, claims, policy proposals and stances on AI Policy from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
3341 sourced quotes · 41 policy proposals and claims
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
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For (54)Added 3h agoEconomic Security ProjectU.S. policy organization focused on economic security and shared prosperity.votes For and says:Tax policy can be an important tool to generate tax revenue and address growing inequality in the age of AI. Economists have studied how tax policy can actively shape labor markets. Daron Acemoglu, Andrea Manera, and Pascual Restrepo found the U.S. t...
more AI Verified source (Apr 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (11)Added 3d agoMax GulkerManaging director of technology policy at the Reason Foundation.votes Against and says:Raising the cost of all those innovation- and productivity-enhancing uses of computing would unequivocally harm American productivity, innovation, and global competitiveness. Knowingly imposing these costs on ourselves because of concerns about certa...
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
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For (138)Added 4h agoEuropean UnionPolitical and economic unionvotes For and says:Because we have the same rules applicable everywhere in the world. No matter if you take a plane in Kabul or if you take a plane in New York, the same safety rules apply everywhere. This is exactly what we need to make AI a success for business and f...
more AI Verified source (Jul 7, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (13)Added 17d agoGovernment of AustraliaGovernment of Australia speaking through its delegate at the UN Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance in July 2026.votes Against and says:A one-size-fits-all approach to AI governance will not be effective. We all face different risks, priorities, levels of digital development, and regulatory environments. Effective governance requires shared principles that can be implemented flexibly...
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AI alignment is solvable
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For (18)Added 1d agoChris DuffeyResearcher and author of a 2026 paper proposing an executable control-plane architecture for AI alignment under uncertainty.votes For and says:MAP-AI, a new control-plane system architecture for aligned decision-making under uncertainty, enforces alignment through Monte Carlo estimation of outcome distributions and admissibility-controlled policy selection rather than static model-level con...
more AI Verified source (Jan 5, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (3)Added 5mo agoGeoffrey HintonGodfather of Deep Learningabstains and says:If it takes over that's what will happen. [...] We don't know how to do that. We don't even know if it's possible.
AI Verified source (Apr 3, 2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (17)Added 4h agoUniversal Postal UnionUnited Nations specialized agency for the postal sector, representing postal governance across 192 member states.votes Against and says:The panel cautions that there is no scientific guarantee that autonomous agents will follow their instructions and that evidence of them departing is already accumulating. Accountability and oversight must therefore be built by design and not reconst...
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For (67)Added 4h agoAnthropicAI safety research companyvotes For and says:
Promising directions we’ve identified so far include developing the capacity to detect and respond to AI systems acting outside their developers' control, and building infrastructure for containing or shutting down such systems.
AI Verified source (Jun 10, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (3)Added 14d agoEv KontsevoyCEO of Teleport and cybersecurity executive writing on identity-based governance for AI agents.votes Against and says:If you’re relying on a ‘kill switch’ to stop an AI agent, you’ve already made a fundamental mistake. A properly governed agent is simply never handed the task, so there is nothing to kill.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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For (112)Added 4h agoElke SchwarzPolitical theorist researching the ethics of war and emerging military technologies.votes For and says:Large language models simply shouldn’t be used for targeting, since they will inevitably hallucinate and contribute to civilian harm.
AI Verified source (Jul 21, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 26d agoCatherine ArdaghIrish Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.abstains and says:The Government strongly believes that there is a need to maintain meaningful human control of all weapons systems, including any systems that may be developed. Our position is that, for such systems to comply with international humanitarian law, cont...
more AI Verified source (Jun 17, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (36)Added 2d agoEmil MichaelU.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Pentagon’s chief technology officer.votes Against and says:I need a reliable, steady partner that gives me something, that'll work with me on autonomous, because someday it'll be real and we're starting to see earlier versions of that.
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For (55)Added 7h agoBernie SandersU.S. Senator from Vermontvotes For and says:
Pause AI development. It is not too late to avoid disaster. Stop building machines that humans cannot control ... Let me be very clear: If you do not take appropriate action now, my colleagues and I in the U.S. Senate will.
AI Verified source (Aug 10, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)Added 7h agoJared KaplanAnthropic chief scientistvotes Against and says:But we don't think it makes sense for us to stop engaging with AI research, AI safety, and most likely lose relevance as an innovator who understands the frontier of the technology, in a scenario where others are going ahead and we're not actually co...
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For (41)Added 7h agoJoe RogeroMIRI writervotes For and says:
International governance thus requires some way to track these high-end chips. [...] Chips can be designed or modified to remotely confirm their location. [...] Regulators can require chip manufacturers to install such mechanisms.
AI Verified source (Mar 18, 2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Added 1mo agoConsumer Technology AssociationU.S. trade association representing the consumer technology industry and producer of CESvotes Against and says:Enacting the current draft of the Chip Security Act (CSA) would erode trust and endanger the Administration’s vision to diffuse U.S. AI technology. Specifically, burdensome rules on U.S. companies not required for foreign competitors risk incentivizi...
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The first company or companies to develop AGI could gain control over a majority of economic activity
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For (25)Added 8h agoBernie SandersU.S. Senator from Vermontvotes For and says:Will the future of humanity be determined by a handful of billionaires who have promoted and developed A.I., with virtually no democratic input, who stand to become even richer and more powerful than they are today?
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For (313)Added 9h agoThe Unit ConsultingTexas human-resources consulting firm that published 2026 guidance on responsible workplace AI use.votes For and says:
Employers should never allow AI to make final employment decisions without human review, because the business remains responsible for discriminatory, inaccurate, or unfair outcomes even when a third-party vendor provides the tool.
AI Verified source (May 15, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 24d agoMinistry of Manpower (Singapore)Singapore government ministry responsible for workforce, employment, and labor policy.abstains and says:Hence, under the overarching ambit of the National AI Council and together with tripartite partners, we are studying the use of AI tools by businesses and its impact on employment, before deciding the most appropriate approach for Singapore.
AI Verified source (May 5, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (3)Added 25d agoChristopher DavisVice President of Public Policy at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA)votes Against and says:The requirement of human review is one of the most burdensome compliance elements for employers, particularly in comparison to states that allow alternative processes rather than human review.
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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government
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For (79)Added 10h agoJ.B. BranchAI Governance and Technology Policy Counsel at Public Citizen.votes For and says:State regulation remains the only meaningful safeguard standing between Americans and a rapidly expanding set of AI-related harms.
AI Verified source (Apr 12, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (26)Added 10h agoTom MannState policy manager for the Computer & Communications Industry Association, a technology-industry trade group.votes Against and says:[The bill] would create a standalone state framework that increases compliance burdens without delivering clear safety benefits.
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Build artificial general intelligence
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For (30)Added 21d agoGoogleSearch and advertising companyvotes For and says:Such technological advancement will provide society with invaluable tools to address critical global challenges, including drug discovery, economic growth and climate change.
AI Verified source (Jul 14, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 9mo agoMustafa SuleymanMicrosoft AI CEO; authorabstains and says:This is going to be the most productive decade in the history of our species. But in order to truly reap the benefits of AI, we need to learn how to contain it. Paradoxically, part of that will mean collectively saying no to certain forms of progress...
more Disputed source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (20)Added 10h agoJoëlle PineauChief AI Officer at Cohere; artificial intelligence researcher and former head of Meta AI research.votes Against and says:We aim to develop artificial intelligence that delivers return on investment for businesses, rather than superintelligence.
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For (59)Added 17d agoRepublic of KoreaNational government of the Republic of Korea, speaking through its UN delegation.votes For and says:
The Republic of Korea declared our vision for establishing global AI hub together with 9 participating UN and related organizations to contribute to strengthening of global AI capacity.
AI Verified source (Jul 6, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 7mo agoMiles BrundageAI policy researcher; founder of AVERI (AI Verification Initiative); former OpenAI Head of Policy Researchabstains and says:But the main regret I have with this talk is that I wish I had prepared a more for the section on a “CERN for AI.” The idea behind such a project is to pool many countries’ and companies’ resources into a single (possibly physically decentralized) ci...
more AI Verified source (Dec 11, 2024) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (8)Added 13h agoCharbel-Raphaël SegerieExecutive Director of the French Center for AI Safety (CeSIA) and founder of ML4Good.votes Against and says:There are many conceivable versions of a “CERN for AI.” But the version that seems politically realistic (a new catch-up lab) probably would not do much for safety, while the versions that would materially improve safety (e.g., pause + merge of all c...
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Governments should fund open-source AI safety tools and red-teaming infrastructure as public goods.
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For (69)Added 13h agoBaroness Lloyd of EffraLiz Lloyd; UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government (DSIT)votes For and says:Dedicated AIRR capacity supports the AI Security Institute and the Sovereign AI Unit, including guaranteed resource for mission-critical AI safety research, and strategically selected UK AI startups.
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Governments and labs should build the capability for a global slowdown of frontier AI development in case it's needed
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For (146)Added 14h agoBernie SandersU.S. Senator from Vermontvotes For and says:We need to slow down the development of AI around the world, and we need to bring the international community together to address the risk posed by AI.
AI Verified source (Mar 24, 2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 25d agoBaroness Neville-JonesBritish Conservative life peer and former UK security minister.abstains and says:The question that the noble Lord posed was: do we therefore go for a moratorium? That would be highly desirable, but I do not think that it will be possible in the short term.
AI Verified source (Jan 29, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Added 21d agoJob van den BergDutch artificial intelligence entrepreneur, speaker, and writer.votes Against and says:The conclusion is sobering: a global stop to the development of superintelligent AI seems impossible.
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For (49)Added 17h agoJack BurnhamSenior research analyst in the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.votes For and says:
Congress should launch an investigation into the scale of the breach, which is likely significant, and institute stronger export controls to prevent China from accessing American hardware.
AI Verified source (Jun 2, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)