# Keeping Control of AI by Demis Hassabis > "Can we make sure that– we can keep control of [increasingly autonomous and powerful AI] systems? That they're aligned with our values, they– they're doing what we want that benefits society. And they stay on guardrails." > **— Demis Hassabis**, *2025, 60 Minutes interview* ## Sources and Context - **Exact original source passage:** “And then the second thing is the AI systems themselves as they become more autonomous and more powerful. Can we make sure that-- we can keep control of the systems? That they’re aligned with our values, they-- they’re doing what we want that benefits society. And they stay on guardrails.” - **Editorial repair and evidence:** Brackets replace “the systems” with Hassabis’s immediately preceding description. The poster retains his questions about control, alignment, social benefit, and guardrails. [CBS News, 60 Minutes transcript](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/artificial-intelligence-google-deepmind-ceo-demis-hassabis-60-minutes-transcript/), updated August 3, 2025. No timecode is asserted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Skeuomorphic Interval|The Skeuomorphic Interval]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Demis Hassabis|Demis Hassabis]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Can we make sure that– we can keep control of [increasingly autonomous and powerful AI] systems? That they're aligned with our values, they– they're doing what we want that benefits society. And they stay on guardrails." — Demis Hassabis, 2025, 60 Minutes interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-demis-hassabis-keeping-control-ai ```