Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk | Stuart Russell
This requires a licensing process with strong verification of safety; registration of AI systems and the ability to monitor and terminate them when necessary; and enforceable international agreements. The list includes CEOs, co-founders, chief scientists, and hundreds of well-known AI researchers, including many of my former students. These are the people who are driving the AI revolution while trying to fashion brakes and steering wheels at the same time.
- ▪This requires a licensing process with strong verification of safety; registration of AI systems and the ability to monitor and terminate them when necessary; and enforceable international agreements.
- ▪The list includes CEOs, co-founders, chief scientists, and hundreds of well-known AI researchers, including many of my former students.
- ▪These are the people who are driving the AI revolution while trying to fashion brakes and steering wheels at the same time.
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‘The first is the need to coordinate to escape an arms race towards the edge of cliff.’ Photograph: Ruhani Kaur/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘The first is the need to coordinate to escape an arms race towards the edge of cliff.’ Photograph: Ruhani Kaur/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesOpinionAI (artificial intelligence)Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at riskStuart RussellA recent letter signed by 1,367 researchers and engineers at frontier AI labs – mainly OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Deepmind – points to a dangerous momentTue 11 Aug 2026 06.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 11 Aug 2026 06.05 EDTShareIt is fashionable in certain circles to dismiss the catastrophic risks of AI.
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