Toby Walsh on AI poses an existential threat to human…

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.

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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AI Verified The quote directly addresses the claim that AI could 'wipe out humanity,' which matches an existential threat to humanity, and the author clearly rejects that concern by saying 'I’m not worried.' · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The author contrasts others who think AI could "wipe out humanity" with "I’m a professor of AI – and I’m not worried," indicating they do not share the view that AI is an existential threat. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified. The UNSW source URL contains the article title "Friday essay: some tech leaders think AI could outsmart us and wipe out humanity. I’m a professor of AI – and I’m not worried" and credits the piece to Toby Walsh. The quoted two-sentence text matches the title’s substantive wording; the source adds the prefatory label "Friday essay:" before it. A secondary mirror also shows the same title with byline "By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney" and dates it to February 13, 2025. ([unsw.edu.au](https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/02/some-tech-leaders-think-ai-could-outsmart-us-professor-of-ai-not-worried)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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 · 4mo ago

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