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Comment by Stephen Hawking
Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
The development of full artificial intelligence (AI) could spell the end of the human race.AI Verified source (2014)
8mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly supports the statement: saying full AI "could spell the end of the human race" implies AI could cause human extinction, which is an existential threat to humanity.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote says full AI "could spell the end of the human race," which clearly presents AI as a possible existential threat to humanity.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote directly addresses developing/building full AI, which is essentially artificial general intelligence, and clearly takes a negative stance by warning it could end humanity.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
The quote says developing "full artificial intelligence" "could spell the end of the human race," which clearly presents building it as a grave danger rather than something to support.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
Verified: the provided Live Science page (published December 2, 2014) contains the exact sentence provided and attributes it to Stephen Hawking as something he "told the BBC." Independent contemporaneous coverage from AFP via Phys.org and from The Guardian reports the same wording from Hawking’s BBC interview, confirming the quote is authentic, verbatim, and correctly attributed. ([livescience.com](https://www.livescience.com/48972-stephen-hawking-artificial-intelligence-threat.html))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Iconic, widely-cited Stephen Hawking quote. He made this statement in a December 2014 BBC interview ('Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind'), reproduced by Live Science, BBC, The Guardian, Wired, and innumerable other outlets. Live Science URL returns 403 to WebFetch but the wording 'The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race' is universally attributed to Hawking from this BBC interview. 'Against' vote on 'Build artificial general intelligence' aligns with Hawking's well-documented warnings about advanced AI as an existential risk. Year 2014; Hawking passed away in 2018, so no possibility of a more recent quote.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Stephen Hawking