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Founder of SpaceX, cofounder of Tesla, SolarCity & PayPal
AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization, and I don't think people fully appreciate that, [...] I keep sounding the alarm bell.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Verified The quote directly supports the full statement: calling AI "a fundamental existential risk for human civilization" is effectively the same as saying AI poses an existential threat to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote directly says AI is "a fundamental existential risk for human civilization" and that the speaker is "sounding the alarm bell," which clearly supports the statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified ai_verified: The GBH source URL (dated July 17, 2017) attributes both parts to Musk: “AI is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization, and I don’t think people fully appreciate that” and later “I keep sounding the alarm bell.” ([wgbh.org](https://www.wgbh.org/news/2017-07-17/elon-musk-warns-governors-artificial-intelligence-poses-existential-risk)) Contemporaneous independent coverage also quotes the second line as part of the same 2017 governors remarks, so the user’s [...] is a faithful omission rather than a material alteration. ([livescience.com](https://www.livescience.com/59826-elon-musk-wants-ai-regulated.html?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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