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Comment by Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum cofounder; technologist
Once AI becomes powerful enough to be truly dangerous, it's maximizing the risk of an irreversible anti-human outcome that even you will deeply regret.AI Verified source (2026)
2mo ago
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The quote clearly implies support: it says sufficiently powerful AI would maximize the risk of an irreversible anti-human outcome, which is effectively an existential threat to humanity.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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The quote warns that sufficiently powerful AI could create "the risk of an irreversible anti-human outcome," but it does not explicitly say AI is an "existential threat to humanity."
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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Verified: the exact sentence appears in the Cryptopolitan source article, and third-party indexed captures of VitalikButerin’s Feb. 19, 2026 X post reproduce the full text verbatim and attribute it to him, linking to status 2024543743127539901 (e.g., TwStalker and Telemetr/ICO Drops mirrors).
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 19d ago
replying to Vitalik Buterin