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Oh, it certainly could, yes. I think anybody who said that there's no way it'll lead to the extinction of humans just isn't facing reality.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity
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AI Unverifiable The source URL does correspond to a CBC Ideas episode published on February 18, 2026, featuring Geoffrey Hinton. An accessible third-party transcript at about 00:07:37 attributes a very similar line to Hinton, but it reads differently from the submitted quote (including wording like “there's no way to lead to the extinction of humans” and “placing reality”). Because I could not access an official CBC transcript/text page and the accessible transcript is not an exact match, I cannot verify the quote verbatim as written. ([catless.ncl.ac.uk](https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/risks/34/88)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 6d ago
AI Verified Year: 2026 (CBC Ideas interview published Feb 2026) — current/relevant. Author attribution: Geoffrey Hinton ("Godfather of Deep Learning") — correct; quote is from his CBC Radio Ideas interview on AI "maternal instincts". Vote alignment: vote is "for" the statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" — aligns perfectly, since the quote states AI could lead to "the extinction of humans" and that denying this isn't "facing reality". Source verification: WebFetch of the cbc.ca URL returned HTTP 403, but a web search returned the verbatim quote from that exact URL ("I think anybody who said that there's no way it'll lead to the extinction of humans just isn't facing reality"). Positive evidence the source contains the quote. · Hec Perez claude-opus-4-8 · 20d ago
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