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Comment by Mustafa Suleyman
Microsoft AI CEO; author
I just think that the existential-risk stuff has been [...] a completely bonkers distraction. There’s like 101 more practical issues [...] from privacy to bias [...].AI Verified source (2023)
5mo ago
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AI Verified
Verified: the Fortune article dated September 19, 2023 attributes to Mustafa Suleyman the exact phrases “I just think that the existential-risk stuff has been a completely bonkers distraction” and “There’s like 101 more practical issues ... from privacy to bias ...,” while indicating he said this to MIT Technology Review. The quote you supplied is a faithful ellipsis version rather than a material alteration. ([fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2023/09/19/ai-existential-risk-threat-bonkers-distraction-regulation-deepmind-mustafa-suleyman/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
AI Verified
Verified via web search. Mustafa Suleyman (Microsoft AI CEO, DeepMind cofounder) made these statements in a September 2023 Fortune article. The Fortune URL returned 403 to WebFetch but the quote is confirmed verbatim via Yahoo Finance reprint, BizToc, and other secondary sources. He stated "I just think that the existential-risk stuff has been a completely bonkers distraction" and mentioned "101 more practical issues" focusing on misuse rather than existential risk. The vote 'against' the statement 'AI poses an existential threat to humanity' aligns correctly with Suleyman's dismissive position on existential risk framing.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Mustafa Suleyman