# Human Extinction Is Not a Foregone Conclusion by Gary Marcus > "No, I don’t think there is a 100% chance that humans will go extinct any time soon, nor a 0% chance either." > **— Gary Marcus**, *2023, authored essay* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [𝐩(𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐦) - by Gary Marcus - Marcus on AI](https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/d28) — contains the quoted wording and identifies its publication, interview, testimony, or event context. ## 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/Authorship After the Threshold|Authorship After the Threshold]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **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]] - [[wiki/Human Agency|Human Agency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "No, I don’t think there is a 100% chance that humans will go extinct any time soon, nor a 0% chance either." — Gary Marcus, 2023, authored essay https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gary-marcus-human-not-foregone-conclusion ```