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Expert opinions on International Relations
Quotes, votes and policy statements on International Relations from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
377 sourced quotes · 18 policy proposals and claims
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For (18)Added 5d agoAidan GomezCo-founder and CEO of Cohere; co-author of "Attention Is All You Need" Transformer papervotes For and says:
This sentiment of renting AI from someone rather than owning it is a national security risk [...] You need to fully control it.
AI Verified source (Jun 23, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Added 1mo agoJeremy JurgensManaging Director of the World Economic Forum; head of its Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution / frontier technologiesvotes Against and says:Governments are on track to spend more than $1 trillion by 2030 chasing a sovereign stack, the full range of hardware and capabilities necessary to deploy and operate AI infrastructure. [...] In an interdependent system, the question shifts from how ...
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For (55)Added 12d agoSam AltmanCEO at OpenAIvotes For and says:
We need an international forum for discussion that establishes globally accepted standards for testing, provides expert and impartial analysis of capabilities and risks, and serves as a venue for cooperation among nations.
AI Verified source (Jun 17, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 6mo 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 (10)Added 6mo agoDaniela DiaconuELLIS scientific coordinator.votes Against and says:Currently, so many needs for innovation are put under the label of AI that there will be no way to address them with a single organisation.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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For (41)Added 13d agoJason CrowU.S. representative from Coloradovotes For and says:I'm somebody that believes that there always must be a human involved in the kill chain, and that we should not be making decisions to take lives based on an AI algorithm. We need to be able to make those decisions as humans, and those are discussion...
more AI Verified source (Jun 12, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (24)Added 1mo agoVinod 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.
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
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For (24)Added 1mo agoYoshua BengioAI Pioneer, Turing Award winnervotes For and says:The simplest form of treaty would be something like this, that the countries agree that if they do develop advanced AI: * That it will be done in a safe way. So maybe using techniques like Scientist AI or whatever else we have strong assurances for. ...
more AI Verified source (May 7, 2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Added 16d agoBrad SmithMicrosoft vice chair and presidentvotes Against and says:If somebody says, 'This technology is so powerful that we need a global treaty to slow it down,' then I would say: Then take your foot off the accelerator yourself if you think it's moving too fast.
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For (23)Added 19d agoDario AmodeiCEO at Anthropicvotes For and says:
US export controls on frontier chips and SME to China have been a major contributor to the US’s overall lead in AI, and these policies need to be expanded, tightened, and coordinated with other likeminded states.
AI Verified source 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Added 4mo agoMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of ChinaChina's foreign ministryvotes Against and says:coerced or courted some countries to adopt export restrictions against China. [...] Such bullying acts seriously violate market principles and the international trade order
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For (16)Added 19d agoScott AlexanderAuthor and psychiatristvotes For and says:
A good pause strategy would involve both sides being able to monitor the other's data centers to prevent illegal training, then limiting training to some slow mutually-agreeable rate that lets alignment researchers thoroughly test each generation of ...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Added 25d agoRob EnderlePrincipal analyst at the Enderle Group, technology industry analystvotes Against and says:This would be practically impossible, because the economic and national security stakes are simply too high for any superpower to willingly hit the brakes now. [...] Tracking decentralized computing resources, private data centers and algorithmic res...
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Against (21)Added 22d agoChristian 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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For (14)Added 3mo agoMatt PottingerFormer deputy national security adviservotes For and says:
Imagine, if you will, that the question before you today were whether the United States should sell China our advanced propulsion systems that make our nuclear submarines quiet and stealthy. [...] We would laugh at the premise there’s any debate. [.....
more AI Verified source (Jan 14, 2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (8)Added 3mo agoRyan FournierConservative political commentatorvotes Against and says:President Trumps authority is clear. The Commander in Chief has ultimate authority on foreign affairs. Democrats and their Deep State partners are purposefully misleading House Republicans to strip him of this authority... America must win the AI Col...
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For (13)Added 6mo agoCentre for Future GenerationsEuropean think tank on emerging technologiesvotes For and says:
Create a single, dedicated talent hub, accompanied by 1-5 separate compute hubs;
AI Verified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Added 6mo agoSara IbrahimScience and AI journalist at swissinfo.chvotes Against and says:Unlike CERN, which focuses on fundamental research, the EU’s new AI centre will also concentrate on innovation and technology production, areas which Europe – including Switzerland – has yet to strengthen. This is why the project envisages a network ...
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