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Expert opinions on International Relations
Quotes, votes and policy statements on International Relations from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
464 sourced quotes · 16 statements · 72% for / 26% against overall
Featuring: Yoshua Bengio Pope Leo XIV Gary Marcus Demis Hassabis Ursula von der Leyen Stuart J. Russell
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
68 opinions
For (43)Pope Leo XIVHead of the Catholic Churchvotes For and says:It is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems. [...] The decision to use lethal force cannot be delegated to opaque or automated processes, but must remain under effective, self-aware and responsibl...
more 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.
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Mandate reporting of AI training runs above 10²⁶ FLOPs to a designated national or international authority
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For (12)Diana KelleyCybersecurity expert; CISO at Noma Security; former Cybersecurity Field CTO at Microsoft and IBM Security executivevotes For and says:Voluntary security programs can work, but only when they create real accountability. [...] Without that structure, a voluntary process could look reassuring without materially reducing risk.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (5)Mayer BrownInternational law firmabstains and says:According to the proposed rule, a covered US person will be required to provide quarterly reports to BIS if the US person “engages in, or plans, within six months, to engage in ‘applicable activities.’” “Applicable activities” include: “Conducting a...
more Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (3)David SacksWhite House AI and crypto czarvotes Against and says:The change in the EO from a 90 day to 30 day period is a game changer because it allows our AI labs to comply with the voluntary framework without delaying new model releases.
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For (37)Tom CottonU.S. Senator from Arkansas (Republican); member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committeesvotes For and says:
Communist China and its accomplices continue to smuggle advanced AI chips to undermine the US and threaten our national security. My bipartisan Chips Security Act would ensure our chips don't illegally fall into the hands of our adversaries.
Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Sebastian MallabyPaul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations; author and former Economist and Washington Post journalistvotes Against and says:Back in 2022, I supported the Biden chip-export controls on China. After a week with Chinese AI researchers and tech leaders, I've changed my mind. The controls are not working, and they obstruct another strategy that just might work. [...]
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For (14)Anthony AguirrePhysicist; Future of Life cofoundervotes For and says:
We are approaching a runaway to superintelligence that could threaten our shared human future. Both publicly and privately, AI companies are recognizing that a pause or slowdown in certain developmental pathways is crucial to protect lives and liveli...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Samar AnsariComputer security researcherabstains and says:the mechanisms most needed for treaty verification [...] are also the least mature.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)David SacksWhite House AI and crypto czarvotes Against and says:Signs you might be trying to get your frontier AI lab nationalized: You compare it to nukes… threaten half of white-collar jobs… warn recursive self-improvement could end humanity… then race ahead anyway. In other words, you want the government to sa...
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For (17)Yoshua BengioAI Pioneer, Turing Award winnervotes For and says:
There needs to be an agency really in charge of overseeing these kinds of decisions. [...] As the power of AI continues to grow, this question of international commitment becomes pressing.
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.
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For (26)Tom CottonU.S. Senator from Arkansas (Republican); member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committeesvotes For and says:
Our most advanced AI technologies must be kept out of the hands of adversaries like Communist China. Congress should ensure that America keeps our edge in the AI race.
AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Sarah KrepsCornell tech policy professorabstains and says:The bill is an attempt to reclaim congressional agency over those choices.
AI Unverifiable source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Ryan 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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Democratic middle powers should jointly develop frontier AI and share its benefits globally
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For (19)Anders Fogh RasmussenFormer NATO Secretary General and former Prime Minister of Denmark; founder of the Alliance of Democraciesvotes For and says:[I propose a D7 of democratic middle powers — Australia, Canada, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the UK — including] a Democratic Technology Initiative to shape standards, align export controls and invest jointly in AI, quantum and space.
AI Unverifiable source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Sriram KrishnanSenior White House Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence; former a16z general partner; former product leader at Microsoft, Meta, Twitter, and Snapvotes Against and says:We want to make sure that the world uses the American AI stack. [...] We also want the world to use our AI model. We want all our allies, including India, to leverage our AI infrastructure.
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For (14)Niki IliadisLeads the Global AI Governance portfolio at The Future Society; AI governance expert engaging the OECD, UN and UNESCO and convening the Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Lawvotes For and says:
Cross-border AI incident infrastructure: institutional, technical, and legal arrangements that would allow national and international authorities to detect, share, and act on AI incidents and hazards together across borders. [...] Governments and ind...
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
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For (44)Scott BessentU.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2025–present); founder of Key Square Groupvotes For and says:The two AI superpowers are gonna start talking. We're gonna set up a protocol in terms of how do we go forward with best practices for AI to make sure non-state actors don't get a hold of these models. [...] The reason we are able to have wholesome d...
more AI Verified 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.
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For (13)Morten IrgensAI researcher; co-founder and Vice-Chair of CAIRNE (Confederation of Laboratories for AI Research in Europe); co-founder of NORA and Adravotes For and says:
To effectively address the pressing issue of technological sovereignty in AI, a coalition of EU member states and like-minded countries should commit themselves to creating a CERN for AI worthy of the name. [...] When 12 European nations established ...
more AI Unverifiable source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (1)Mary-Anne HartleyEPFL physician; ICANN initiativevotes Against and says:Because, you know, those things are, those things, people want those things. People want compute. They want data. And humans are humans and we do compete. And it’s important to convene people so that we dilute that ability of competition, because thi...
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For (1)European Commission spokeswomanOfficial spokesperson for the European Commissionvotes For and says:
"Normally this initiative is aimed at EU countries," said a European Commission spokeswoman via email,
AI Unverifiable source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (15)Morten IrgensAI researcher; co-founder and Vice-Chair of CAIRNE (Confederation of Laboratories for AI Research in Europe); co-founder of NORA and Adravotes Against and says:To effectively address the pressing issue of technological sovereignty in AI, a coalition of EU member states and like-minded countries should commit themselves to creating a CERN for AI worthy of the name.
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For (41)Demis HassabisNobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMindvotes For and says:
I sometimes talk about setting up an international CERN equivalent for AI where all the best minds in the world would collaborate together and do the final steps in a very rigorous scientific way involving all of society, maybe philosophers and socia...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Institute for Law & AINon-profit research institute on AI governanceabstains and says:[...] calls for a CERN-like open-source collaboration among the United States and allied countries to establish an international "supercomputing research facility".
AI Verified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (12)Maria Cristina RussoEuropean Commission directorvotes Against and says:Through the different interactions we had with the scientific community, we thought the best way forward is to have networking of what exists in Europe and strengthening of what exists, instead of creating new infrastructures.
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For (16)The Adaptive MindGerman AI research centervotes For and says:
Kersting argues that Europe urgently needs a central institution to coordinate and advance the development of trustworthy, European-made AI technologies.
AI Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (17)Carsten StöckerDigital identity entrepreneur and authorvotes Against and says:In response, Europe has launched "InvestAI," a €20 billion plan to build 4–5 AI gigafactories across EU member states by end of 2025.
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The CERN for AI should be completely non-profit
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For (12)World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum platformvotes For and says:It’s a CERN or DARPA for AI. Many of the US’s biggest technological innovations in the 20th century came out of the research labs at firms like AT&T, Xerox, and IBM. But those firms still had profits in their sights, not societal goals. DARPA, howeve...
more AI Verified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Centre for Future GenerationsEuropean think tank on emerging technologiesvotes Against and says:In our initial report, we estimated that establishing CERN for AI requires €30–35 billion over the first three years—an investment that would yield cascading benefits for Europe’s future. The initiative would be funded primarily through core contribu...
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