Over two decades before December 2023, Khosla figured AI would force us to rethink what it means to be human.

True: a dated record from about December 2003 or earlier (writings, speeches, interviews) shows Khosla saying AI would raise basic questions about human identity, work or what it means to be human. Mostly true: the earliest such record is from about 2004–2006, which is close to 'over two decades'. Mixed: there is only indirect early evidence, such as general remarks about technology replacing human jobs without the identity angle. Mostly false: his earliest documented statements of this kind date from the 2010s. False: the evidence shows that around 2000–2003 he publicly dismissed or held views opposed to this idea. A record showing he did not hold the view (for example, statements from that time that contradict it) is needed for false; a missing record alone leaves the claim unresolvable.

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1. E1 Vinod Khosla on Betting on Talent, Not Technology StartupHub.ai · 5 July 2025

   “As early as 2000, Khosla stated in a New York Times interview that "AI will have us redefine what it means to be human," raising fundamental questions about the future of labor.”

2. E2 Vinod at the Summit! ASU+GSV Summit · 18 December 2023

   “In 2000, The New York Times profiled Khosla for his revolutionary thinking around the future of computing and artificial intelligence.”

3. E3 Udacity Thought Leader Series | How Startups & Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Industries Khosla Ventures · 11 November 2019 Own record

   “And in 2004 I wrote a piece in Forbes on great GDP growth. AI will drive great GDP growth, great productivity growth, great economic metrics, and great abundance with increasing disparity.”

E1, an independent source, reports that in a New York Times interview in 2000, Khosla said "AI will have us redefine what it means to be human" and raised basic questions about the future of work. E2, also independent, separately confirms that The New York Times profiled Khosla in 2000 for his thinking on computing and artificial intelligence. Together they point to a record from before December 2003 in which he expressed the view the claim describes, which meets the criterion for true. The original NYT article is not among the evidence, so this rests on secondary reports. E3, a 2019 transcript on the Khosla Ventures site in which Khosla recalls writing a 2004 Forbes piece, is the subject's own account and was not needed for the verdict.