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Comment by Steven Pinker
Cognitive scientist and author
I think it's also extremely unlikely [...] an explosion of artificial intelligence [...] run away from us faster than we can pull the plug
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(2018)
4mo ago
Policy proposals and claims
Verification History
AI Verified
Quote checks out. Full quote from the Nasdaq/Motley Fool article (March 2018): "it's also extremely unlikely that there will be such an explosion of artificial intelligence that it will run away from us faster than we can pull the plug, or turn it off, or install safety measures." This is properly attributed to Steven Pinker, and the vote "against" the statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" correctly aligns with the quote's meaning. Although the year (2018) is older than 2025, I could not find a more recent equivalent quote, and Pinker's public stance on AI existential risk has remained consistent (Y2K-bug comparison, etc.). Source URL was 403-blocked but search results confirm the exact passage on Nasdaq.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1d ago
replying to Steven Pinker