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Comment by Elon Musk

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Founder of SpaceX, cofounder of Tesla, SolarCity & PayPal
It could kill us all. [...] We don't want to have a Terminator outcome. AI Verified source (2026)
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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AI Verified Quote: "It could kill us all. [...] We don't want to have a Terminator outcome." attributed to Elon Musk (2026). The source_url (technologyreview.com) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but the quote is strongly corroborated by multiple independent reputable outlets covering Musk's April/May 2026 OpenAI trial testimony — including the Washington Examiner ("Musk warns against 'Terminator outcome' in OpenAI testimony: 'It could kill us all'"), IBTimes UK, and Cryptopolitan. Musk testified the worst case is "a Terminator situation where AI kills us all" and "We don't want to have a Terminator outcome. We want to be in a Gene Roddenberry outcome, like Star Trek." Year 2026 is current. Vote "for" on the statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" correctly aligns with the quote's meaning. Verified based on strong cross-source corroboration. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 5h ago
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