The quote is "I took the initiative in creating the Internet" which is often misinterpreted as Al Gore saying he "created the internet" which I doubt was his actual intention. At a political/governmental level, he was actually quite instrumental in legitimizing and evangelizing the importance of network communications as well as funding programs that were necessary for its creation. He probably should have phrased it as "I took the initiative in the creation of the internet" or that he was "instrumental in the creation of the American internet".