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82: Who Governs the Machine? Rules, Responsibilities and the Public Good

Washington AI Network with Tammy Haddad··13 October 2026·26 min

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AI researchers gathered at Johns Hopkins U to debate how to make AI safe, including Stuart Russell, Gillian Hadfield and Dean Ball The panelists talked about how to keep increasingly powerful AI systems under human control and called for enforceable "red lines," not a simple slowdown. The conversation closed with NASA's Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, who reflected on leading humanity's farthest journey into space and on how AI could help crews reach Mars.