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But open sourcing, that's just sheer catastrophe. [...] wrong approach, the wrong ideal. [...] where if you could align it it would take time [...] not kill everyone.
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Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs
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Disputed A very similar passage does appear in Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Lex Fridman Podcast #368 interview from March 30, 2023, around 00:29:24–00:30:07, but the reliable transcript I found is not verbatim to the submitted quote: it has “But open sourcing, that’s just sheer catastrophe” (not “you know”), and it also differs in phrases such as “where if you could align it it would take time” and the repeated/filler wording later in the passage. The exact submitted wording does appear on YouCongress, but that page itself labels the source “Unverified.” The supplied EnaCast URL did not expose the transcript text in the tool fetch. ([podscripts.co](https://podscripts.co/podcasts/lex-fridman-podcast/368-eliezer-yudkowsky-dangers-of-ai-and-the-end-of-human-civilization)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. Quote is from Eliezer Yudkowsky on Lex Fridman Podcast #368 (March 2023). Direct fetch returned 403 but search results confirmed the wording, including 'open sourcing it, no, that's just sheer catastrophe' and 'The whole notion of open sourcing, this was always the wrong approach.' Vote 'for' on 'Ban open source AI models capable of creating WMDs' aligns with Yudkowsky's strong stance against open-sourcing dangerous AI systems. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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