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Tommy Shaffer-ShaneSenior AI Policy Manager at the Centre for Long-Term Resilience and project lead of its Loss of Control Observatory.votes For and says:
They need to be reporting what they’re finding out, even if it’s a near miss or it’s a lower severity incident. These recent incidents have also exposed that the companies themselves are not necessarily monitoring where these types of behaviours are ...
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Yesterday
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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance
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Bernie SandersU.S. Senator from Vermontvotes For and says:We must come together to stop Flock and AI mass surveillance. That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to do just that.
AI Verified source (Aug 28, 2026)Bernie Sanders · statements & votes- For Ban superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached (Aug 10, 2026)
- For Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely (Aug 10, 2026)
- For A nation should fund a citizens' dividend from AI windfall profits (Jun 22, 2026)
- For Frontier AI labs should be required to contribute a share of their equity to a national fund that pays a dividend to every citizen (Jun 22, 2026)
- For AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it (Jun 18, 2026)
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Earlier this week
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
493 opinions
Bill GatesPhilanthropist. Founder and former CEO of Microsoft.votes Against and says:There will be some new jobs, but without the right policies there will be far fewer than exist today.
AI Verified source (Aug 26, 2026)Bill Gates · statements & votes- For Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy (Aug 26, 2026)
- For The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth (Jan 9, 2026)
- For Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs (2026)
- For AGI will create abundance (2026)
- Against Implement a universal basic income (2017)
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
79 opinions
Bill GatesPhilanthropist. Founder and former CEO of Microsoft.votes For and says:I believe we should tax AI tokens and robots. [...] The tax system nudges you toward replacing people with machines.
AI Verified source (Aug 26, 2026)Bill Gates · statements & votes- Against AI will create more jobs than it destroys (Aug 26, 2026)
- For The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth (Jan 9, 2026)
- For Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs (2026)
- For AGI will create abundance (2026)
- Against Implement a universal basic income (2017)
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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains
523 opinions
Australia’s Data and Digital MinistersAustralian federal, state, and territory ministers responsible for data and digital policy.votes For and says:Those responsible for the different phases of the AI system lifecycle should be identifiable and accountable for the outcomes of the AI systems, and human oversight of AI systems should be enabled.
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Last week
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Build artificial general intelligence
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Daron AcemogluNobel laureate economist; MIT Institute Professor; author of Power and Progressvotes Against and says:Many leading companies are engaged in a single-minded pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI). [...] Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.
AI Verified source (Aug 21, 2026)Daron Acemoglu · statements & votes- For Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy (Jul 28, 2026)
- Against AI will create more jobs than it destroys (Jul 15, 2026)
- For Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely (Mar 27, 2026)
- For AI will create a permanent underclass (2026)
- For AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it (2026)
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Toby WPrincipal Security Architect at the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).votes For and says:
If an incident is detected or reported, you should always be able to ‘pull the plug’ and halt autonomous AI agent activity immediately.
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Lai Ching-tePresident of Taiwan.votes For and says:
We have decided to add NT$235.7 billion in expenditures to provide NT$10,000 in cash to each person next year, so the 'AI dividend can be shared by all.'
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Earlier this month
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Federal Communications CommissionU.S. communications regulatorvotes For and says:
The Federal Communications Commission initiated this proceeding to protect consumer from unwanted AI-generated calls while ensuring that our rules do not hinder the potential benefits that AI can offer, including making telecommunications more readil...
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Eugene CheahCEO and co-founder of Featherless.ai, an AI-infrastructure company.votes For and says:
We can’t just invest in software and hardware; we have to invest in sovereignty.
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Gemma Galdón-ClavellAuthor of a 2026 study of algorithmic fairness in public-employment hiring systems.votes For and says:
We analyze approximately 497,000 candidate-vacancy pipeline entries from September 2017 to September 2022, covering seven pipeline stages that span automated processing, human discretion, candidate data, and employer decisions. Aggregate outcomes acr...
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votes For and says:
Forcing companies to pay up when powerful AI systems cause harm may be one of the strongest incentives for preventing that harm in the first place.
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Andrew NgBaidu; Stanford CS faculty; founded Coursera and Google Brainvotes Against and says:
If I were to try to give one prescription, it would be to promote openness, because AI is amazing technology and I want it to be in everyone’s hands.
AI Verified source (Aug 12, 2026)Andrew Ng · statements & votes- For AI will create more jobs than it destroys (Feb 20, 2026)
- Against AI will create a permanent underclass (Feb 20, 2026)
- Against States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government (2026)
- For Build artificial general intelligence (2025)
- Against Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI (2024)
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We've added a setting that lets you opt out of having your channel content used to train generative AI content models across Amazon.
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Alexander MeinkeHead of research at Apollo Research, an AI-safety organization focused on evaluating advanced AI systems.votes For and says:
If you ask the model developers, Was the AI plotting to take over the world during training?, you want the answer to be a resounding no. The actual answer is: I don't know. Nobody checked.
AI Verified source (Aug 12, 2026)