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Comment by Elon Musk
Founder of SpaceX, cofounder of Tesla, SolarCity & PayPal
AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization, and I don't think people fully appreciate that,
AI Verified
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(2017)
5mo ago
Policy proposals and claims
Verification History
AI Verified
Verified via web search (KQED URL returns 403 to WebFetch). The quote 'AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization, and I don't think people fully appreciate that' is well-documented as said by Elon Musk at the National Governors Association meeting in Providence, RI in July 2017. The KQED article at the source_url is a real article covering this exact event. Multiple corroborating sources confirm the wording (NPR, WBUR, etc.). Author attribution (Elon Musk) and vote ('for' on 'AI poses an existential threat to humanity') are both correct. Year 2017 is older than 2025-2026; Musk has continued making similar statements through 2025 (e.g., 'AI is going to be way smarter than humans and an existential risk' on Joe Rogan podcast Feb 2025), but the original 2017 quote is a well-attested primary source and the original statement, so leaving it in place.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 2d ago
replying to Elon Musk