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140 people came to the UK Parliament yesterday for the PauseAI conference.
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The panel speakers were:
- Dame Chi Onwurah MP, Chair of the Science, Innovation & Technology Committee
- Professor Stuart Russell, world-renowed AI scientist
- Lord Tim Clement-Jones, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on AI
- Lord Lionel Tarassenko - President of Reuben College, Oxford
- Iqbal Mohamed MP, leader of the Dec 2025 Westminster Hall debate on AI safety
- Brando Benifei MEP, lead architect of the EU AI Act
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I think this is probably the largest event on AI safety there's been in Parliament. The tone from all the panelists was very supportive and most expressed very serious concern about AI, including the risk of extinction.
Brando Benifei gave us a dose of harsh reality with his assessment about the difficulty of achieving a global treaty of AI. But he remains supportive of PauseAI and seems to really by trying his best to get the EU to lead international cooperation for a 'CERN for AI' type solution.
[Linkpost for https://x.com/PauseAI_UK/status/2097102594908803088]