“I was uncomfortable. Now I’m genuinely alarmed,”
Brian Schmidt
2011 Nobel laureate in physics
While discussing a 2026 assembly on AI and nuclear weapons, Brian Schmidt said he had gone from uncomfortable to genuinely alarmed as he learned more about the risks.
2011 Nobel laureate in physicsPublished July 17, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedBulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Now the developer is worried. Deeply. RELATED: Beyond managed rivalry: The non-nuclear-weapon state perspective on the future of arms control “I was uncomfortable. Now I’m genuinely alarmed,” Schmidt, the winner of the 2011 physics prize, said. “That’s because I’ve learned more.” Did the assembly meet the moment? “I think we got there,” Schmidt said, adding, “It’s a very complicated new space.
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