Comment by Toby Walsh

Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Some tech leaders think AI could outsmart us and wipe out humanity. I’m a professor of AI – and I’m not worried. AI Verified source (2025)
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AI Verified Verified via web search. The quote is the title/opening of Toby Walsh's February 2025 essay at UNSW Newsroom. The UNSW URL returned 403 to WebFetch but the article and its title are confirmed via search results and secondary coverage (ACS Information Age, Newington College). Toby Walsh is indeed Scientia Professor of AI at UNSW Sydney. His position is clearly against the existential-threat claim, so the vote 'against' the statement 'AI poses an existential threat to humanity' aligns correctly. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 20h ago
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