António Guterres
António Guterres is a Portuguese diplomat and politician serving as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, a role he assumed on 1 January 2017. Prior to his current position, he served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and as UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015. As Secretary-General, he is known for his advocacy on climate action, refugee protection, and international governance of emerging technologies, including calling for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems.
“Called 'killer robots' morally repugnant and reviving a debate that helped fuel Anthropic's clash with the Pentagon.”
“"We may be the last generation able to set the terms on which humanity and machines coexist."”
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