Over 100 UK lawmakers have backed our campaign for binding regulation on the most powerful AIs. Here's what some of our supporters had to say in support of the campaign: Thread 🧵
We built a coalition of 100+ UK lawmakers who are taking a stance against the extinction risk from superintelligent AI and back regulating the most powerful AIs! From the former AI Minister to the former Defence Secretary, cross-party support is crystal clear. Time to act!
1
0
9
Replies
"International frontier AI safety has not gone on in leaps and bounds as we had hoped ... The risks, now, are very serious and we need to be constantly on our guard." — The Viscount Camrose (@JonathanCamrose), the UK's first AI minister
1
0
2
@JonathanCamrose "Superintelligent AI is far more powerful than any of us truly understands. Even the main architects of this brave new world acknowledge we are experimenting with something that has the capacity to overwhelm us. But even while very significant and senior figures in AI are blowing
1
1
4
@JonathanCamrose "Superintelligent AI, surpassing humans in nearly every domain, would be the most perilous technological development since we gained the ability to wage nuclear war - and an inescapable matter of national security. No nation can shield itself from such risks in isolation; only
1
0
2
@JonathanCamrose "As elected representatives, we have a duty to establish safeguards against technologies that could pose serious risks to public wellbeing and safety. Waiting to see what these systems might be capable of is not an option because, by then, it could be too little, too late." — Ben
1
0
2
@JonathanCamrose "The need for regulation in AI is critical. The speed of development and the unintended consequences of allowing superintelligence to emerge with the potential to deem humanity functionally obsolete with no regard to human rights or agency create a real potential existential
2
0
2
@JonathanCamrose "Society is waking up to the threats and dangers stemming from the unregulated development of AI. This campaign aims to ensure that we do not sleepwalk into a world where the lost control of AI causes immense harm." — John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP)
1
0
2
@JonathanCamrose @johnmcdonnellMP "AI can bring and is bringing major benefits. But our society is slowly waking up to very significant risks to mental health, resilience and the environment as well as the existential risk to humanity from an unregulated sector. The government has dragged its feet on this for too
1
0
2
@JonathanCamrose @johnmcdonnellMP "AI has the potential to transform our society for the better, but we cannot be blind to the risks posed by advanced AI systems. It is crucial to bring forth robust regulation to prevent the risk of losing control over the technology. Because AI does not respect international
1
0
2
@JonathanCamrose @johnmcdonnellMP "We mustn’t find ourselves sleepwalking into an AI nightmare, where we no longer have control over the new technology and how it is used. AI has to be our servant so that it can benefit society, not undermine it." — Neil Duncan-Jordan MP (@NeilForPoole)
1
1
3
@JonathanCamrose @johnmcdonnellMP @NeilForPoole Thank you to all our supporters! You can see our full list of supporters at: https://t.co/glgIquRuB3 Or read about our campaign in The Guardian: https://t.co/JuMBG08ADi Or in our newsletter! https://t.co/OkEpkbe53T
0
1
4