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Nature's unsigned editorial of 27 June 2023 argues that talk of AI destroying humanity draws attention away from the societal harms AI systems are causing now and hinders their regulation. Copy claim link
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Date 2023-06-27 · publication Records dated 2023 → Role Articulation Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope and limits An unsigned editorial; it records the journal's stated position. Statements it attributes to people it spoke with are not quoted.
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Stop talking about tomorrow's AI doomsday when AI poses risks today ↗ Nature 618, 885–886 (nature.com) · 2023-06-27
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Source excerpt “Talk of artificial intelligence destroying humanity plays into the tech companies’ agenda, and hinders effective regulation of the societal harms AI is causing right now.” Location in source Standfirst
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Source details and check notes Authors Nature Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 77439706f00e59db2b7f32d09e1c1981b36a67b1b2385c2d04b3f8400310d747). Current online editorial, dated 27 June 2023 in its metadata. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-29 Language English (en) Attribution Nature, “Stop talking about tomorrow's AI doomsday when AI poses risks today”, 2023-06-27. 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, arguments about catastrophic risk from advanced AI (research/risk-debate). The quotation (25 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Stop talking about tomorrow's AI doomsday when AI poses risks today ↗ Nature 618, 885–886 (nature.com) · 2023-06-27
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Source excerpt “it draws attention away from the real issue: the societal harms that AI systems and tools are causing now, or risk causing in future.” Location in source Paragraph 3
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Source details and check notes Authors Nature Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 77439706f00e59db2b7f32d09e1c1981b36a67b1b2385c2d04b3f8400310d747). Current online editorial, dated 27 June 2023 in its metadata. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-29 Language English (en) Attribution Nature, “Stop talking about tomorrow's AI doomsday when AI poses risks today”, 2023-06-27. 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, arguments about catastrophic risk from advanced AI (research/risk-debate). The quotation (24 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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