Stuart J. Russell

And a second point is about liability. And it's not completely clear where exactly the liability should lie. But to continue the nuclear analogy, if a corporation decided they wanted to sell a lot of enriched uranium in supermarkets, and someone deci... more Verified source (2023)

The creators of AI are saying, 'We are building a technology that will kill every single person on Earth with a 25% probability.' And governments are saying, 'Oh, go ahead, that's great.' Unverified source (2026)

[The spending on AI safety is] off by a factor of 10 to 50 million. This is the biggest technology project in human history [...] The only way forward is to figure out how to make AI safety a condition of doing business. Unverified source (2026)

Build on these voluntary agreements to develop binding legal commitments to protect their peoples so that AI development and deployment can proceed without imposing unacceptable risks. AI Verified source (2026)

This committee has discussed ideas such as third-party testing, a new national agency, and an international coordinating body, all of which I support. Here are some more ways to “move fast and fix things”: Eventually, we will develop forms of AI tha... more AI Verified source (2023)

Fully autonomous weapons means that you can press one button and kill one million people. We're moving very quickly towards this world. AI Verified source (2026)

The problem of control — how do we maintain power, forever, over entities that will eventually become more powerful than us — is the most important problem facing humanity. Unverified source (2023)