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De Garis's essay of 2001 states that humanity will split into two bitterly opposed groups over building artilects, and that he sees no way out of a war with billions of dead. Copy claim link
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Date 2001-02-26 · publication Records dated 2001 → Wording attested 2026-10-31. Wording read in the current Kurzweil Library page (address ?p=80464, redirected), retrieved 2026-10-31; the KurzweilAI.net copy of 2001 and its captures were not read or compared. Role Articulation Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope and limits A forecast; the casualty figure is the author's extrapolation from twentieth-century deaths.
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Building Gods or Building Our Potential Exterminators? ↗ The Kurzweil Library (writingsbyraykurzweil.com), copy of an essay 'Originally published February 26, 2001 on KurzweilAI.net' · 2001-02-26
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Source excerpt “I foresee humanity splitting into two major ideological, bitterly opposed groups over the “species dominance” issue” Location in source paragraph beginning 'I foresee humanity'
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Source details and check notes Authors Hugo de Garis Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 a34a9603eb235db90653e91a1458ccd578852df35c93c77f886d4681237df8ea). Current Kurzweil Library page (address ?p=80464, redirected), stating the KurzweilAI.net publication date. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Hugo de Garis, “Building Gods or Building Our Potential Exterminators?”, 2001-02-26. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (16 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-11-01, item 68) re-read the record’s source and agreed with its stance; its corrections were applied at admission. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Building Gods or Building Our Potential Exterminators? ↗ The Kurzweil Library (writingsbyraykurzweil.com), copy of an essay 'Originally published February 26, 2001 on KurzweilAI.net' · 2001-02-26
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Source excerpt “I see no way out of a gigadeath artilect war, so relentless is the logic.” Location in source paragraph beginning 'So, in the short to middle term'
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Source details and check notes Authors Hugo de Garis Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 a34a9603eb235db90653e91a1458ccd578852df35c93c77f886d4681237df8ea). Current Kurzweil Library page (address ?p=80464, redirected), stating the KurzweilAI.net publication date. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution Hugo de Garis, “Building Gods or Building Our Potential Exterminators?”, 2001-02-26. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (15 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-11-01, item 68) re-read the record’s source and agreed with its stance; its corrections were applied at admission. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Machine-checked . Machines found this record and checked it against its sources; no person accepted it individually. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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