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Expert opinions on CERN for AI
Sourced quotes, claims, policy proposals and stances on CERN for AI from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
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For (61)Jacob CoxonAI safety researcher at Anthropic who publicly warned about risks from frontier AI development.votes For and says:
The problem with the pause is you've got China. So, what you really ultimately want is some sort of international agreement—international pacing, you might call it—which will require international coordination and understanding where all the compute ...
more AI Verified source (Sep 9, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Miles 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)Charbel-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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For (6)Tim Berners-LeeInventor of the World Wide Webvotes For and says:
I would like to see a CERN for AI [...] where all the top scientists come together and see whether they can make a super intelligence. And, if they can, they contain it into a system where it can't just go out and persuade people to let it run the wo...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (11)Bernie SandersU.S. Senator from Vermontvotes Against and says:It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced. That’s why I am introducing legislation to immediately pause the development of increasingly powerful AI and ban the creation of systems that hu...
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The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) poses no credible risk of destroying Earth by creating a microscopic black hole
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For (177)Times of IndiaIndian news outlet that in July 2026 described CERN black-hole conspiracy claims as sensational internet conspiracies rather than real risk.votes For and says:Despite years of sensational internet conspiracies suggesting it could create black holes or portals, the shutdown is simply routine.
AI Verified source (Jul 11, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Eric E. JohnsonLegal scholar and former University of North Dakota law professor who analyzed LHC catastrophe-risk litigation.abstains and says:Scientists’ conclusions about risk cannot be taken at face value. Their assurances must be discounted by the probability of their own error. [...] It does not follow that LHC risk is zero: An accurate assessment of risk must include the possibility t...
more AI Verified source (2009)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (4)Otto E. RösslerGerman chemist and chaos theorist associated with the University of Tübingen who publicly warned about LHC black-hole risks.votes Against and says:Black holes DO NOT EVAPORATE — hence they can only grow. [...] Inside matter, a resident black hole will not grow linerally but rather — via self-organization — form a so-called “miniquasar”: an electro-gravitational engine that grows exponentially, ...
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For (12)CAIRNEPan-European AI research confederationvotes For and says:
Artificial Intelligence is transforming our world, and Europe must take bold steps to ensure its leadership in this critical field. CAIRNE envisions a “CERN for AI”—a pan-European initiative that will create a distributed network of AI research cente...
more AI Verified source (Jan 13, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)A Blueprint for Multinational Advanced AI DevelopmentNovember 2025 Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative memo (29 co-authors incl. Yoshua Bengio) arguing that "AI bridge powers" should jointly develop frontier AIvotes Against and says:A semi-distributed structure, with a few core facilities, leveraging members' comparative advantages. Core facilities—fewer in number than the participating states—are necessary to create a critical mass of talent. Similarly, distributed compute can ...
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Against (20)Christian KleinCEO of SAP SE, Europe's largest software companyvotes Against and says:
From my perspective, digital sovereignty means the ability to exercise choice, control and governance across data, operational, technical and legal layers. This is not about technological isolation or excluding global partners. Europe must remain ope...
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