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Nick Clegg plays down fears ‘godlike’ AI could exterminate humanity

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-09-24T09:19:28.000Z Original ↗

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Former deputy PM now involved in tech industry says many within sector are ‘winding themselves up into a lather’ UK politics live – latest updates Nick Clegg has dismissed fears over AI’s “godlike power to exterminate humanity”, calling it a sign that tech bosses are “breathing their own fumes”. The former UK deputy prime minister said that tech bosses should focus on addressing known specific threats such as cybersecurity and bioweapons rather than the “slightly hand-wavy view that this technology is unavoidably going to develop some godlike power which is going to turn on us and exterminate humanity”. Continue reading...

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Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	0	60%	3264ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-09-24 12:17

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Clegg downplays AI fears

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Nick Clegg says tech bosses are overreacting to AI fears

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SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   107fce1f-476d-4266-a421-8571e3989f4c
           https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/24/nick-clegg-plays-down-fears-godlike-ai-could-exterminate-humanity
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EVIDENCE   1 extracted excerpt
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MODEL RUN  1 run, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      0  (Mixed or uncertain)
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CONFIDENCE 60%