Vitalik Buterin

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Ethereum cofounder; technologist

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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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But a superintelligent AI, if it decides to turn against us, may well leave no survivors and end humanity for good. AI Verified source (2023)

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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains

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Humans and LLMs fail in distinct ways, and so requiring human + LLM 2-of-2 confirmation to take risky actions (and allowing human override only with much more friction and/or time delay) is much safer than fully relying only on either one. AI Verified source (2026)

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