# The Precautionary Principle for Advanced AI by Demis Hassabis > "In the situation where there's a high degree of uncertainty, but huge potential impact either way, I think [the only right way] to proceed [with increasingly powerful AI systems] is with the precautionary principle." > **— Demis Hassabis**, *2023, discussion of AI development* ## Sources and Context - **Exact original source passage:** "In the situation where there's a high degree of uncertainty, but huge potential impact either way, I think the only the right way to proceed is with the precautionary principle." - **Editorial repair and evidence:** Brackets add the AI-system object identified by Hassabis in the immediately preceding and following interview sentences. The source's uncertainty and either-way impact are preserved; the source double-the transcription is normalized within brackets. [Direct source](https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2023/06/12/googles-deepmind-boss-demis-hassabis-calls-for-guardrails-in-ai/). No timecode is asserted. - **Full quotation and context:** [Google’s DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis calls for AI guardrails](https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/2023/06/12/googles-deepmind-boss-demis-hassabis-calls-for-guardrails-in-ai/) — The report supplies the complete precautionary-principle passage and London Tech Week setting. ## 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/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **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 ``` "In the situation where there's a high degree of uncertainty, but huge potential impact either way, I think [the only right way] to proceed [with increasingly powerful AI systems] is with the precautionary principle." — Demis Hassabis, 2023, discussion of AI development https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-demis-hassabis-precautionary-principle-advanced-ai ```