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Comment by Oren Etzioni

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AI2 founder; UW professor
AI won’t exterminate us. [...] I am an AI researcher and I’m not scared. Here’s why.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Verified The quote clearly opposes the statement: saying "AI won’t exterminate us" directly denies that AI is an existential threat to humanity, and "I’m not scared" reinforces that stance. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote directly rejects the existential-threat claim by saying "AI won’t exterminate us" and adds "I’m not scared." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified ai_verified: The Wired URL is a real December 9, 2014 article, and it contains the exact title “AI won’t exterminate us. It will empower us.” plus the exact standfirst “I am an AI researcher and I’m not scared. Here’s why.”, so your version with [...] is a faithful omission-based excerpt. Attribution to Oren Etzioni is supported by his official University of Washington page, which lists this 2014 Backchannel/Wired piece among his selected works. ([wired.com](https://www.wired.com/2014/12/ai-wont-exterminate-us-it-will-empower-us/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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