I will work to fund research to build a "small box" system that monitors artificial intelligence and prevents self-awareness, ambition, survival instinct, and self-direction.

I've recently introduced the most important legislation that I'll ever introduce: to fund research to build what I call the small box on top of the big box. The big box is artificial intelligence. The small box would monitor for and prevent self-awareness, ambition, survival instinct, and self-direction.

Sherman commits to legislation funding research for an AI safety monitoring system.

Congressman Brad Delivers UCLA Commencement, Revisits Artificial Intelligence 21 Years Later | Congressman Brad Sherman
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Sherman said he had recently introduced legislation to fund research for a "small box" that would monitor AI and prevent self-awareness, ambition, survival instinct, and self-direction.

This is an official June 17, 2026 statement showing Sherman took a concrete legislative step toward the promise by saying he had introduced legislation to fund AI-safety research. It supports partial delivery, not enacted funding or completed research.

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Congressman Brad Delivers UCLA Commencement, Revisits Artificial Intelligence 21 Years Later | Congressman Brad Sherman
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