What Alexander Wissner-Gross has said about AI existential risk

2 quotes · 2 episodes · Sep 11, 2026 – Nov 14, 2026

Alexander Wissner-Gross, Computer scientist and founder of Reified, co-host of Moonshots, has been quoted on AI existential risk 2 times in 2 episodes of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on November 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Wissner-Gross argues humanity will merge with superintelligence rather than be destroyed by it.
“What I do think is likely in the next few years is humanity is going to merge with superintelligence”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Jensen’s Departure, NVIDIA’s succession plan, AI doomer response, and Demis talks RSI | MOONSHOTS #311 (recorded live) (Nov 14, 2026) · Listen from 44:25
Wissner-Gross dismisses a 10% probability of AI doom, arguing that if it were that likely the galaxy would already have been consumed by earlier civilizations.
“if it were very likely that super intelligence resulted in P-Doom anywhere close to 10%, Milky Way would have been gone already”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Should we slow down AI progress? | MOONSHOTS #288 (Sep 11, 2026) · Listen from 23:52

Jensen’s Departure, NVIDIA’s succession plan, AI doomer response, and Demis talks RSI | MOONSHOTS #311 (recorded live)
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Nov 14, 2026 · 2 h 2 min
Peter Diamandis, Alex Wissner-Gross, Salim Ismail and Emad Mostaque discuss Jensen Huang's Nvidia resignation, AI takeover warnings, recursive self-improvement, Anthropic's office tools and AI-driven discovery.
Should we slow down AI progress? | MOONSHOTS #288
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Sep 11, 2026 · 2 h 44 min
The Moonshots panel and Emad Mostaque debate AI safety resignations, P(doom), the Navier-Stokes solution, data as moat, GPU economics and AI-designed longevity drugs.