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Comment by Oren Etzioni

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AI2 founder; UW professor
AI is not going to exterminate us, it’s going to empower us, [...] AI has a huge potential benefit for humanity.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Verified The quote directly addresses the full claim by denying that AI will 'exterminate us' and asserting it will instead benefit humanity, which clearly rejects the idea that AI poses an existential threat to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote directly rejects an existential-risk claim: "AI is not going to exterminate us" and instead says it will "empower us" and has "huge potential benefit for humanity." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified The cited Data Center Frontier article dated October 13, 2016 attributes these exact sentences to Oren Etzioni: “AI is not going to exterminate us, it’s going to empower us,” and “AI has a huge potential benefit for humanity.” The submitted quote is therefore authentic as an ellipsis-compressed excerpt, with [...] standing in for intervening attribution/omitted text between the two quoted sentences. ([datacenterfrontier.com](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/machine-learning/article/11431051/beyond-skynet-reframing-ai-as-a-force-for-good)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Web search confirms the quote "AI is not going to exterminate us, it's going to empower us" is widely attributed to Oren Etzioni (founder of AI2). The exact phrasing matches BrainyQuote and supply chain quote compilations. The DataCenter Frontier source URL returned 403 to WebFetch but the substance is well-corroborated. The "against" vote on "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" is consistent with Etzioni's consistently held position — he reiterated in 2024 that existential risk talk is "speculative" and distracts from "near-term challenges". Year 2016 is older than 2025 but his position has remained unchanged through 2024 statements. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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