The Journal. · Friday, July 31, 2026
Sam Kirchner, founder of Stop AI, shared clips of tech leaders, including Open AI CEO Sam Altman, discussing the existential risks of artificial intelligence. In one clip, Altman suggests that AI will 'most likely sort of lead to the end of the world.' Kirchner used these statements to support his arguments about the dangers of artificial general intelligence.
“My name is Sam Kirchner. Uh, started protesting to stop AI roughly a year ago. I've been arrested.”
“You know, I think AI will probably, like most likely sort of lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, uh, there'll be great companies created with serious machine learning.”