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Comment by Roman Yampolskiy

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If we create general superintelligences, I don’t see a good outcome long-term for humanity. So there is X-risk, existential risk, everyone’s dead.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Verified The quote clearly asserts that creating general superintelligences would create 'X-risk, existential risk' for humanity and could mean 'everyone’s dead,' which directly matches the claim that AI poses an existential threat to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified The quote explicitly says that if we create "general superintelligences," then "there is X-risk, existential risk, everyone’s dead," which clearly supports the idea that AI can pose an existential threat to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago

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AI Verified The quote is authentic. The Lex Fridman transcript at the provided URL attributes these exact words to Roman Yampolskiy at 00:00:00, and the transcript page is a 2024 post, so the author/year/source attribution is consistent. ([lexfridman.com](https://lexfridman.com/roman-yampolskiy-transcript/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote verified. Source URL (lexfridman.com transcript of podcast #431) returned 403 to WebFetch, but search results confirm Roman Yampolskiy said this on Lex Fridman Podcast #431 (June 2024): "If we create general superintelligences, I don't see a good outcome long-term for humanity," followed by his enumeration of X-risk (existential risk, everyone's dead), S-risk, and I-risk. Author attribution to Roman Yampolskiy (AI safety researcher) is correct, and the vote "for" on the statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" correctly aligns with his explicit warning of existential risk. Year 2024 is recent and Yampolskiy's stance is consistently stated through 2025/2026. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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