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Professor of computer science · University of California, Berkeley
Why now
No headline this week names Stuart Russell.
What they said
5 dated items: statements, actions and media appearances by Stuart Russell, linked to their sources and ordered newest first.
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Oct 22, 2025
In the record
It's simply a proposal to require adequate safety measures for a technology that, according to its developers, has a significant chance to cause human extinction. Is that too much to ask?
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Aug 26, 2025
In the record
It's as if everyone in the world is getting onto a brand-new kind of airplane that has never been tested before
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Aug 5, 2024
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Testing is just the wrong way of thinking about this altogether. We need formal verification. We need mathematical guarantees
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Sep 7, 2023
The important thing is which happens first? The arrival of real general-purpose AI or figuring out how to make it safe?
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Jul 29, 2023
In the record
How do we maintain power forever over entities more powerful than ourselves?
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