# Extinction I Don’t Know by Gary Marcus > "Extinction? I don’t know." > **— Gary Marcus**, *2023, interview* *Verification Status: Editorially quarantined — clipped answer without the question or a stated probability judgment. Recover a complete, self-contained passage before promotion.* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [Human extinction threat overblown, says AI researcher Gary Marcus](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/human-extinction-threat-overblown-says-ai-sage-marcus-183677) — The interview report supplies Marcus's complete response and distinguishes immediate harms from extinction risk. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial General Intelligence|Artificial General Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Extinction? I don’t know." — Gary Marcus, 2023, interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gary-marcus-extinction-dont-know ```