Milton Mueller on AI poses an existential threat to human…

Milton Mueller

Professor at Georgia Tech School of Public Policy; internet governance scholar and co-founder of the Internet Governance Project

The real challenge isn’t stopping an AI apocalypse — it’s crafting smart, sector-specific policies that keep technology aligned with human values. To avoid being a victim of AI, humans can, and should, put up focused guardrails.

AI Verified (Feb 26, 2026)

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Milton Mueller, quoted in Georgia Institute of Technology, “All-powerful AI isn’t an existential threat, according to new Georgia Tech research,” February 26, 2026.

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AI Verified Mueller rejects an AI apocalypse and advocates sector-specific guardrails, strongly opposing the existential-threat claim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Mueller rejects an AI-apocalypse premise; correct answer: against. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Georgia Tech/EurekAlert release (26 Feb 2026) attributes and contains the exact wording from Milton Mueller. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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