Brian Armstrong on AI poses an existential threat to human…

Brian Armstrong

Coinbase cofounder and CEO

AI doomers say if we build AI we might die. But they have it backwards. [...] AI is helping us solve these. Slowing progress doesn’t keep us safer, it guarantees more preventable deaths.

AI Verified (Sep 23, 2026)

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Brian Armstrong, Coinbase CEO, in an X post reported by Snigdha Gairola, “Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Pushes Back on AI ‘Doomers’: ‘Slowing Progress Doesn’t Keep Us Safer’,” Benzinga, September 23, 2026. The article quotes Armstrong: “AI doomers say if we build AI we might die. But they have it backwards.” It also quotes: “AI is helping us solve these. Slowing progress doesn’t keep us safer, it guarantees more preventable deaths.”

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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AI Verified Armstrong directly rejects the claim that building AI could cause “we” to die, calling it backwards, and says AI improves safety by preventing deaths. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Armstrong says the claim that building AI could make humanity die is backwards, so the recorded “against” answer is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

Slow down AI development

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AI Verified Full-claim match: the quote addresses AI development/capability growth and a slower pace, pause, halt, or explicit rejection/mixed position. Evidence: die. But they have it backwards. [...] AI is helping us solve these. Slowing progress doesn’t keep us safer, it guarantees more preventable deaths. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 17d ago

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AI Verified Recorded against matches the quote's stance on slowing AI development. Evidence: die. But they have it backwards. [...] AI is helping us solve these. Slowing progress doesn’t keep us safer, it guarantees more preventable deaths. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 17d ago

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AI Verified Benzinga’s September 23, 2026 report quotes Armstrong verbatim: “AI doomers say if we build AI we might die. But they have it backwards” and “Slowing progress doesn’t keep us safer, it guarantees more preventable deaths.” · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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