Kamala Harris on AI poses an existential threat to human…

Kamala Harris

U.S. Vice President, 2021–2025

[...] it also has the potential to cause profound harm. [...] they could endanger the very existence of humanity. We must manage all these dangers [...].

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AI Verified The quote clearly says AI systems "could endanger the very existence of humanity," which directly expresses that AI presents an existential risk to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote says AI has "the potential to cause profound harm" and that it "could endanger the very existence of humanity," which supports the claim of an existential threat. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The archived White House transcript dated November 1, 2023 identifies Kamala Harris as the speaker and contains the three quoted passages in the same order; the ellipses correspond to omitted intervening sentences, and the last line in the source continues with “to make sure that AI is truly safe.” That makes the quote authentic and correctly attributed. ([bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/11/01/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-london-united-kingdom/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

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