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Comment by Noah Giansiracusa

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Bentley mathematics professor and author
It’s literally impossible, [...] Zero chance there will be a slowdown. I’m not even talking China—Elon Musk would never slow down.
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AI Verified Scientific American’s June 5, 2026 article at the supplied URL contains this exact wording, with the only omitted text being “he says” between the two quoted sentences, and it explicitly attributes the statement to Noah Giansiracusa. The stored speaker, date, source URL, and excerpt are correct. ([scientificamerican.com](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/anthropic-warns-ai-may-soon-begin-recursive-self-improvement/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
Disputed The Scientific American article published June 5, 2026 does attribute related remarks to Noah Giansiracusa, including “I don’t think it’s a genuine call to slow down” and, later, “It’s literally impossible... Zero chance there will be a slowdown. I’m not even talking China—Elon Musk would never slow down.” But the submitted quote is not verbatim: it rearranges the order by moving “It’s literally impossible” to the end. Because the ellipsis allowance covers omission, not reordering, this version is materially altered. ([scientificamerican.com](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/anthropic-warns-ai-may-soon-begin-recursive-self-improvement/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote by Noah Giansiracusa (Bentley math professor). WebFetch of the Scientific American source returned HTTP 403, but an independent web search confirmed the exact quote appears in that same article ("It's literally impossible," "Zero chance there will be a slowdown," "Elon Musk would never slow down"). Author attribution is correct. The quote dismisses the feasibility/genuineness of an AI slowdown, which aligns with the "against" vote on statement #451 (governments/labs should build slowdown capability). Year 2026 is current. Verified based on positive search evidence confirming the quote in the cited source. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 24d ago
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