António Guterres

Science informs, but humans decide. Our goal is to make human control a technical reality, not a slogan. And that requires meaningful human oversight in every high-stakes decision — in justice, healthcare, credit.

Science informs, but humans decide. Our goal is to make human control a technical reality, not a slogan. And that requires meaningful human oversight in every high-stakes decision — in justice, healthcare, credit.

We are witnessing perhaps the greatest transfer of power of our times — not from Governments to people, but from Governments to private technology companies. [...] When technologies that shape behaviour, elections, markets, and even conflicts operate...

Because the future of AI cannot be decided by a handful of countries – or left to the whims of a few billionaires. [...] AI must belong to everyone. [...] No child should be a test subject for unregulated AI.

no child should be a test subject for unregulated AI. The future of AI cannot be decided by a few [...]. AI must belong to everyone

I send greetings to everyone attending these important consultations on a defining issue of our time — the threat posed by lethal autonomous weapons systems. Machines that have the power and discretion to take human lives without human control are p...