Comment by Yanis Varoufakis

Former finance minister of Greece, is Professor of Economics at the University of Athens
[Palantir had effectively signalled a willingness] to add to nuclear Armageddon the AI-driven threat to humanity's existence. AI Verified source (2026)
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AI Verified Verified via web search. The quote matches the Al Jazeera article (April 2026) covering Palantir's manifesto and Varoufakis's reaction. Direct URL returned 403, but the search snippet confirmed the exact phrasing: Varoufakis said Palantir had effectively signalled a willingness "to add to nuclear Armageddon the AI-driven threat to humanity's existence." Vote 'for' aligns with statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" since the quote explicitly frames AI as a threat to humanity's existence. Year 2026 is current. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 20d ago
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