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Comment by Shannon Vallor

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Philosopher of AI, Edinburgh
It’s not the machines themselves. It’s the rhetoric of AI today [...] That’s the existential threat.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Verified The quote clearly rejects the idea that AI itself is the existential threat: 'It’s not the machines themselves' and instead says 'the rhetoric of AI today' is the threat. This implies opposition to the statement that AI poses an existential threat to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote explicitly rejects AI itself as the threat: "It’s not the machines themselves" and says instead "the rhetoric of AI today ... [is] the existential threat." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified Verified in the Vox interview published November 21, 2024: Vallor says, “It’s not the machines themselves. It’s the rhetoric of AI today ... That’s the existential threat, because ...” The attribution to Shannon Vallor is correct, and the submitted quote is a faithful excerpt with omitted text from the source. ([vox.com](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/384517/shannon-vallor-data-ai-philosophy-ethics-technology-edinburgh-future-perfect-50)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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