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Comment by Daniel Holz
Professor of physics at the University of Chicago; Chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board; founding director of the UChicago Existential Risk Laboratory
The dangerous trends in nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies such as AI and biosecurity are accompanied by another frightening development: the rise of nationalistic autocracies. [...] AI is a significant and accelerating disruptive technology. AI is also supercharging mis- and disinformation, which makes it even more difficult to address all of the other threats we consider.AI Verified source (2026)
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AI Verified
Quote verified. The Bulletin source returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but web search confirmed the cited URL is the genuine source ("PRESS RELEASE: It is 85 seconds to midnight", 27 Jan 2026) and the opening sentence — "The dangerous trends in nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies [such as/like] AI and biosecurity are accompanied by another frightening development: the rise of nationalistic autocracies" — is directly attributed to Daniel Holz (UChicago physics professor, SASB chair). The accompanying claim that AI is a significant, accelerating disruptive technology supercharging mis- and disinformation is consistent with the release's content. Corroborated by Al Jazeera, OSV News and Democracy Now. Author attribution correct; year 2026 current. Vote alignment correct: on the statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity", Holz lists AI among the existential-scale threats driving the Doomsday Clock to its closest-ever setting, so the "for" vote matches.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 16d ago
replying to Daniel Holz