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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
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Paul ScharreCNAS executive and weapons expertvotes For and says:It was a set of interlocking global institutions—the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the International Atomic Energy Agency, [...] Could we do something similar for AI? Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Sundeep WaslekarStrategic Foresight Group presidentvotes For and says:The agreement should establish an upper limit on computing power: [...] Think of this as an inverse Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Volodymyr ZelenskyyPresident of Ukrainevotes For and says:We need global rules – now! – for how AI can be used in weapons. This is just as urgent as preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Satya NadellaMicrosoft CEOvotes For and says:But if there is going to be a successful [...] "regime of control" over AI, then we will need some global cooperation like the IAEA. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Mustafa SuleymanMicrosoft AI CEO; authorvotes For and says:We've certainly done this [...] handle nuclear materials. These all require licensing regimes [...] I can imagine the same kind of regime [...] with these large language models. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Gary MarcusProfessor of Psychology and Neural Sciencevotes For and says:Ultimately, we may need something like cern Global, international and neutral, but focused on AI safety rather than high energy physics. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Sam AltmanCEO at OpenAIvotes For and says:We talk about the IAEA as a model where the world has said "OK, very dangerous technology, let's all put some guard rails." Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Pope FrancisLeader of the Catholic Churchvotes For and says:I urge the global community of nations [...] to adopt a binding international treaty that regulates the development and use of artificial intelligence in its many forms. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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António GuterresUN Secretary-Generalvotes For and says:The international community has a long history of responding to new technologies with the potential to disrupt our societies and economies. We have come together at the United Nations to set new international rules, sign new treaties, and establish n... more Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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The FLI TeamAI safety think tank staffvotes For and says:The view that “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war” is now mainstream, with that statement being endorsed by a who’s who of AI experts and though... more Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Toby WalshScientia Professor of Artificial Intelligencevotes For and says:I strongly believe that worrying about the definition of AWS is a distraction from making progress on regulating this space. Let me give an analogy. Nuclear weapons are never defined in any UN treaty regarding the proliferation or prohibition of nuc... more Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Peter BittnerInternational relations commentatorvotes For and says:A bilateral U.S.-China agreement on AI regulation could be instrumental [...] using the NPT as a model. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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House Armed Services Committee — Future of Defense Task ForceU.S. congressional defense task forcevotes For and says:[T]he United States should lead in the formulation and ratification of a global treaty on Artificial Intelligence [...] the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Unverified source (2020)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Fu CongChinese arms control diplomatvotes For and says:We should push forward negotiations on cyber space, outer space, artificial intelligence [...] concluding legally-binding international instruments or codes of conduct as soon as possible Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Marija Pejčinović BurićCouncil of Europe Secretary Generalvotes For and says:The Framework Convention is an open treaty with a potentially global reach. I hope [...] followed quickly by ratifications Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Andrea MiottiFounder and CEO of ControlAIvotes For and says:governing nuclear technology to avoid a global catastrophe required international cooperation. [...] the development of advanced artificial intelligence Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Eliezer YudkowskyAI researcher and writervotes For and says:Make immediate multinational agreements to prevent the prohibited activities from moving elsewhere. [...] preventing AI extinction scenarios is considered a priority above preventing a [...] nuclear exchange Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Vladimir PutinPresident of Russiavotes For and says:Humanity can agree on common principles of controlling artificial intelligence similar to the nuclear non-proliferation rules Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Yoshua BengioAI Pioneer, Turing Award winnervotes For and says:that isn’t a good starting point for any kind of international coordination treaty [...] similar to what happened, as you said, with nuclear weapons Unverified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Seth MoultonU.S. Representative from Massachusettsvotes For and says:Such an agreement would require a new verification organization, analogous to the International Atomic Energy Agency, [...]. But if we could achieve pathbreaking agreements on nonproliferation [...]. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Rufo GuerreschiPolicy writer, Trustless Computing Associationvotes For and says:Back in 1946, as the world grappled with the looming threat of nuclear weapons, [...] a treaty-making process for an International AI Development Authority [...]. Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Geoffrey OdlumFormer US diplomat, NSC directorvotes For and says:I fully support [...] the negotiation of an international AI safety treat. [...] the Treaty of the Non-Prolifreation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) [...]. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Robi RahmanAI governance writer, MIRI TGTvotes For and says:An ASI nonproliferation agreement can be effective even without complete worldwide adoption. Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Akash WasilLawfare contributing writervotes For and says:The IAEA presents a clear verification methodology [...] a model for AI governance. [...] verifying compliance with the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Yuval Noah HarariIsraeli historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalemvotes Against and says:With nuclear weapons, [...] they can't [...] in secret, but with developing new types of AI, it's much easier [...] So it's not enough to have an agreement. Unverified source (2018)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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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.
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Malcolm DavisSenior analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institutevotes Against and says:Our authoritarian adversaries, like Russia and China, and rogue states like North Korea are not going to sign up to this ban, he said. [Automated weapons] will completely change the speed and efficiency with which armies can kill the other side, he ... more Unverified source (2017)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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David WestinBloomberg anchor, Wall Street Week hostvotes Against and says:So when Mustafa Suleiman says we need to have some kind of international agreement, some kind of framework, I think he knows that this ain't happening and it's certainly not happening fast enough. Well, I mean, the Cold War analogy is helpful here b... more Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Michael KratsiosU.S. OSTP Directorvotes Against and says:We totally reject all efforts by international bodies to assert centralized control and global governance of AI. Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ian J. StewartNonproliferation expert and scholarvotes Against and says:It is also not clear that AI can be safeguarded in a way that’s comparable to nuclear materials. Unverified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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