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Meta CEO; Facebook co-founder
With AI especially, I am really optimistic [...] naysayers [...] doomsday scenarios — I just, I don't understand it. I think it's really negative [...] it is pretty irresponsible.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Verified The quote clearly implies opposition to the statement: the author says they are "really optimistic" about AI and rejects "doomsday scenarios" as "really negative" and "pretty irresponsible," which indicates they do not believe AI poses an existential threat to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
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AI Verified The author says they are "really optimistic" about AI and dismisses "doomsday scenarios" as something they "don't understand," calling that view "really negative" and "pretty irresponsible," which clearly opposes the claim. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago

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AI Verified RealClearPolitics’ page dated July 25, 2017 contains the quoted passage attributed to Mark Zuckerberg, including the exact sequence "With AI especially, I am really optimistic," references to "naysayers" and "doomsday scenarios," and the conclusion that it was "pretty irresponsible." Contemporaneous reporting repeats the same wording from his Facebook Live Q&A, so the stored author, date, source URL, and ellipsis-shortened content are consistent with the evidence. ([realclearpolitics.com](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/07/25/facebook_ceo_mark_zuckerberg_ai_naysayers_like_elon_musk_are_really_negative_pretty_irresponsible.html)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
Disputed The Computer Weekly URL does contain essentially this wording, but contemporaneous reliable reports of Zuckerberg’s July 2017 Facebook Live quote him differently: after “try to drum up these doomsday scenarios,” he continues with “I don't understand it. It's really negative...” before later saying it is “pretty irresponsible.” Because the supplied version removes those intervening words without marking that omission and changes the sentence structure, it is not verbatim. ([computerweekly.com](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450423706/Why-Facebooks-AI-termination-raises-safety-concerns)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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