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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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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems
69 opinions
For (52)Volker TürkUN human rights chiefvotes For and says:When it comes to AI tools, we need to demand that companies do a human rights impact assessment when they design, roll out and market them. [...] Artificial intelligence is a technological tool and it needs to be developed on the basis of risk assess... more Unverified 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 Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
43 opinions
For (38)Mary RobinsonFormer Irish president; Elders chairvotes For and says:I remain deeply concerned at the lack of progress on the global governance of artificial intelligence. Decision-making on AI's rapid development sits disproportionately within private companies without significant checks and balances. AI risks and sa... more Unverified source (2026)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. -
Ban AI companion chatbots for minors under 18
63 opinions
For (54)Narendra ModiPrime Minister of Indiavotes For and says:We have to be more cautious regarding children's safety. Just as a school syllabus is carefully curated, the AI space too must be child-safe and family-guided. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Adam ThiererR Street Institute senior fellowvotes Against and says:Competition, innovation, and speech options will be limited as a result of these moves. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
For (41)Rumman ChowdhuryAI ethicist and Humane Intelligence CEOvotes For and says:If you profit from deploying AI that affects people's fundamental rights, you must evaluate it, manage its risks, and be accountable when it discriminates. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Matt SchruersTech policy advocate; CCIA presidentvotes Against and says:This [...] legislation could [...] subjecting [...] to lawsuits [...]. The bill is overly broad [...] subject to litigation. [...] could subject online services to costly [...] lawsuits. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Governments should fund open-source AI safety tools and red-teaming infrastructure as public goods.
11 opinions
For (11)Kanishka NarayanUK Minister for AI and Online Safety; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technologyvotes For and says:The UK, through AISI, has developed the world's most widely used government-backed evaluation tools. Inspect, InspectSandbox, InspectCyber, and ControlArena, are now being used by governments, companies, and academics around the world. These open too... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
For (10)Cameron F. KerryAnn R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution; former Acting Secretary and General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commercevotes For and says:As jurisdictions introduce AI incident reporting requirements with differing definitions and thresholds, developing shared taxonomies and standards can help harmonize reporting, enable coordinated responses, and ensure incident data informs policy an... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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For (33)Cory DoctorowAuthor and digital rights activistvotes For and says:I, too, worry about technologies controlled by corporations that have grown so powerful that they defy regulation. I worry about how those technologies are used against us, and about how the corporations that make them are fusing with authoritarian s... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (8)Alex AyalaMilwaukee Police Association presidentvotes Against and says:It causes a lot of cases to get solved. It’s another tool we’re now not going to have. That facial recognition can potentially solve homicides, [...] Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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For (23)Robert WeissmanPresident, Public Citizenvotes For and says:This deepfake is a disgrace and the NRSC should put it down immediately. Political deepfakes are a profound threat to our democracy, because there is no realistic way for voters to understand they are seeing fake representations rather than real vide... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Institute for Free SpeechFirst Amendment advocacy nonprofitvotes Against and says:While there are many problems with this proposal, a few stand above the others and are fatal to this effort. First, the Commission lacks statutory authority to require disclosure or disclaimers on political advertisements that utilize “artificial int... more Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
28 opinions
For (25)Simon JohnsonNobel laureate economist; MIT Sloan professor; former IMF chief economist; co-author of Power and Progressvotes For and says:The tax code in the US and many other countries places a heavier burden on firms that hire labor than on those that invest in algorithms to automate work. [...] Policymakers should aim to create a more symmetric tax structure, equalizing marginal tax... more Unverified 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:Capitalism has also depended on somewhat of a power balance between labor and capital, but if it's hard in many of our current jobs to outwork a GPU, then that changes. [...] If there was an easy consensus answer, we'd have done it by now, so I don't... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Tyler CowenProfessor of Economics, George Mason University & author of Average is Overvotes Against and says:I think quality homes in good locations will be extremely valuable. Those could be taxed more. You could call that a wealth tax, but arguably it is closer to a "housing services tax". [...] You could put higher consumption taxes on items the wealthy ... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
AI alignment is solvable
21 opinions
For (9)David DalrympleAI safety researcher; Programme Director, Safeguarded AI at ARIA (UK)votes For and says:In 2024 I would have said it's about 40-50% likely that LLMs scaled up to ASI would end up killing us all; now I would say that it's only about 5-8% likely even with no additional progress on alignment, and more like 1-2% likely simpliciter. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (12)Eliezer YudkowskyAI researcher and writervotes Against and says:I have heard zero people advocating "make AI do our ASI alignment homework" show they understand the elementary computer science of why that's hard: you can't verify inside a loss function whether a proposed ASI alignment scheme is any good. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
For (45)Geoffrey HintonGodfather of Deep Learningvotes For and says:If you ever went out with a car that had no brake, boy, you are in trouble if you go down a hill. But you're in even more trouble if there's no steering wheel. Unverified 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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States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government
26 opinions
For (21)Ed MarkeyU.S. senator from Massachusettsvotes For and says:President Trump is continuing to repay Big Tech's campaign donations by proposing to block states from protecting their communities from AI-related harms. [...] [We need the States' Right to Regulate AI Act to] put power back into the hands of people... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Daniel CastroDirector, Center for Data Innovationvotes Against and says:The United States cannot remain competitive if developers, businesses, and users face fifty different legal regimes governing a general-purpose technology. [...] Congress should take this recommendation seriously and establish a light-touch national ... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly. -
For (17)Donald J. TrumpU.S. President (2025–present)votes For and says:[Could AI undermine confidence in the banking system?] Yeah, probably. But it could also be the kind of technology that allows greatness in the banking system, makes it better and safer and more secure. [...] [Should the government have safeguards on... more Unverified 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 (1)Eran KahanaAI and cybersecurity lawyer; Fellow at Stanford CodeX; Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota Law Schoolvotes Against and says:It needs only an optimization objective that treats shutdown as one more obstacle between the current state and the goal. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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For (45)Marc BenioffCEO and co-founder of Salesforcevotes For and says:This year, you really saw something pretty horrific, which is these AI models became suicide coaches. [...] Tech companies love Section 230, which basically says they're not responsible. So if this large language model coaches this child into suicide... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Adam ThiererR Street Institute senior fellowvotes Against and says:Competition, innovation, and speech options will be limited as a result of these moves. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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For (26)Max TegmarkPhysicist, AI Researchervotes For and says:There are some digital products (say CSAM and AI letting terrorists make bioweapons) that I oppose regardless of whether they are open-source or not, but I'm overall supportive of open source, and you can easily verify that my MIT research group defa... more Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (6)Moritz HankeBiosecurity researcher at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; expert on AI-enabled biological threatsabstains and says:In a time dominated by open-weight biological AI models developed across the globe, limiting access to sensitive pathogen data to legitimate researchers might be one of the most promising avenues for risk reduction. Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (14)Tal FeldmanLawfare contributorvotes Against and says:Since computational infrastructure is largely open-access, decentralized, and global, regulatory chokepoints are limited. Export controls may delay access to high-performance computing, but they are unlikely to prevent the use of open-source models f... more Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.