Scott Alexander on AI poses an existential threat to human…

Scott Alexander

Author and psychiatrist

If AI doesn't kill us, and there's no permanent dictatorship, and there's no permanent underclass, then we get a post-scarcity society, plus superintelligent AIs that we can set to working on other problems like disease and social decay.

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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AI Verified The quote clearly implies the author thinks AI could potentially 'kill us,' which amounts to treating AI as an existential threat to humanity, even though it is phrased conditionally. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

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AI Unverifiable The quote says "If AI doesn't kill us," which acknowledges a possible danger, but it does not clearly state that the author endorses the broader claim that AI poses an existential threat to humanity. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

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AI Verified Verified: the source URL is an Astral Codex Ten post titled "My AI Opinions" by Scott Alexander, published June 11, 2026, and it contains the quoted sentence verbatim aside from apostrophe style normalization (curly vs. straight apostrophes). The attribution to Scott Alexander is explicit on the page, so the quote is authentic and correctly sourced. ([astralcodexten.com](https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/my-ai-opinions)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

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