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Karen Hao, journalist and author of Empire of AI, said on Democracy Now! (4 July 2025) that there is no scientific evidence AGI can be developed and that the conviction it will come soon is based on belief.

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Story July 04, 2025 [...] Because there’s no scientific evidence that we can actually develop AGI, the people who are strongly — have this strong conviction that they will do it and that it’s going to happen soon, it is just purely based on belief. [...] author of Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI

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Journalist Karen Hao on Sam Altman, OpenAI & the “Quasi-Religious” Push for Artificial Intelligence
Democracy Now! · 2025-07-04 · second-hand source (a report about the original)

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“Karen Hao, journalist and author of Empire of AI, said on Democracy Now! (4 July 2025) that there is no scientific evidence AGI can be developed and that the conviction it will come soon is based on belief.” ai notis, checked 21 Oct 2026. Source: Journalist Karen Hao on Sam Altman, OpenAI & the “Quasi-Religious” Push for Artificial Intelligence (Democracy Now!). https://ainotis.com/c/2213

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ai notis. (2026, October 21). Karen Hao, journalist and author of Empire of AI, said on Democracy Now! (4 July 2025) that there is no scientific evidence AGI can be developed and that the conviction it will come soon is based on belief [Checked claim 2213]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2213

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