For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast

In Episode #13, “Uncontrollable AI” TRAILER John Sherman interviews Darren McKee, author of Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World.In this Trailer, Darren starts off on an optimistic note by saying AI Safety is winning. You don’t often hear it, but Darren says the world has moved on AI Safety with greater speed and focus and real promise than most in the AI community had thought was possible.Darren’s book is an excellent resource, like this podcast it is intended for the general public. This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.Resources:Darren’s Book Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #12, we have our first For Humanity debate!! John talks with Theo Jaffee, a fast-rising AI podcaster who is a self described “techno-optimist.” The debate covers a wide range of topics in AI risk.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.ResourcesTheo’s YouTube Channel : https://youtube.com/@theojaffee8530?si=aBnWNdViCiL4ZaEgGlossary: First Definitions by ChaptGPT4, I asked it to give answers simple enough elementary school student could understand( lol, I find this helpful often!)Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF): Definition: RLHF, or Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback, is like teaching a computer to make decisions by giving it rewards when it does something good and telling it what's right when it makes a mistake. It's a way for computers to learn and get better at tasks with the help of guidance from humans, just like how a teacher helps students learn. So, it's like a teamwork between people and computers to make the computer really smart!Model WeightsDefiniton: Model weights are like the special numbers that help a computer understand and remember things. Imagine it's like a recipe book, and these weights are the amounts of ingredients needed to make a cake. When the computer learns new things, these weights get adjusted so that it gets better at its job, just like changing the recipe to make the cake taste even better! So, model weights are like the secret ingredients that make the computer really good at what it does.Foom/Fast Take-off: Definition: "AI fast take-off" or "foom" refers to the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) could become super smart and powerful really quickly. It's like imagining a computer getting super smart all of a sudden, like magic! Some people use the word "foom" to talk about the possibility of AI becoming super intelligent in a short amount of time. It's a bit like picturing a computer going from learning simple things to becoming incredibly smart in the blink of an eye! Foom comes from cartoons, it’s the sound a super hero makes in comic books when they burst off the ground into flight.Gradient Descent: Gradient descent is like a treasure hunt for the best way to do something. Imagine you're on a big hill with a metal detector, trying to find the lowest point. The detector beeps louder when you're closer to the lowest spot. In gradient descent, you adjust your steps based on these beeps to reach the lowest point on the hill, and in the computer world, it helps find the best values for a task, like making a robot walk smoothly or a computer learn better.Orthoginality: Orthogonality is like making sure things are independent and don't mess each other up. Think of a chef organizing ingredients on a table – if each ingredient has its own space and doesn't mix with others, it's easier to work. In computers, orthogonality means keeping different parts separate, so changing one thing doesn't accidentally affect something else. It's like having a well-organized kitchen where each tool has its own place, making it easy to cook without chaos! Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #12 TRAILER, we have our first For Humanity debate!! John talks with Theo Jaffee, a fast-rising AI podcaster who is a self described “techno-optimist.” The debate covers a wide range of topics in AI risk.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.ResourcesTheo’s YouTube Channel : https://youtube.com/@theojaffee8530?s... Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #11, we meet Stephen Hanson, a painter and digital artist from Northern England. Stephen first became aware of AI risk in December 2022, and has spent 12+ months carrying the weight of it all. John and Steve talk about what it's like to have a family and how to talk to them about AI risk, what the future holds, and what we the AI Risk Realists can do to change the future, while keeping our sanity at the same time.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.Resources:STEVE'S ART! stephenhansonart.bigcartel.comGet ahead for next week and check out Theo Jaffee's Youtube Channel:https://youtube.com/@theojaffee8530?s... Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #11 Trailer, we meet Stephen Hanson, a painter and digital artist from Northern England. Stephen first became aware of AI risk in December 2022, and has spent 12+ months carrying the weight of it all. John and Steve talk about what it's like to have a family and how to talk to them about AI risk, what the future holds, and what we the AI Risk Realists can do to change the future, while keeping our sanity at the same time.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.Resources:STEVE'S ART! stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #10, AI Safety Research icon Eliezer Yudkowsky updates his AI doom predictions for 2024. After For Humanity host John Sherman tweeted at Eliezer, he revealed new timelines and predictions for 2024. Be warned, this is a heavy episode. But there is some hope and a laugh at the end.Most important among them, he believes:-Humanity no longer has 30-50 years to solve the alignment and interpretability problems, our broken processes just won't allow it-Human augmentation is the only viable path for humans to compete with AGIs-We have ONE YEAR, THIS YEAR, 2024, to mount a global WW2-style response to the extinction risk of AI.-This battle is EASIER to win than WW2 :)This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #10 TRAILER, AI Safety Research icon Eliezer Yudkowsky updates his AI doom predictions for 2024. After For Humanity host John Sherman tweeted at Eliezer, he revealed new timelines and predictions for 2024.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Do you believe the big AI companies when they tell you their work could kill every last human on earth? You are not alone. You are part of a growing general public that opposes unaligned AI capabilities development.In Episode #9 , we meet Sean Bradley, a Veteran Marine who served his country for six years, including as a helicopter door gunner. Sean left the service as a sergeant and now lives in San Diego where he is married, working and in college. Sean is a viewer of For Humanity and a member of our growing community of the AI risk aware. This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.RESOURCES:More on the little robot:https://themessenger.com/tech/rob-rob... Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Do you believe the big AI companies when they tell you their work could kill every last human on earth? You are not alone. You are part of a growing general public that opposes unaligned AI capabilities development.In Episode #9 TRAILER, we meet Sean Bradley, a Veteran Marine who served his country for six years, including as a helicopter door gunner. Sean left the service as a sergeant and now lives in San Diego where he is married, working and in college. Sean is a viewer of For Humanity and a member of our growing community of the AI risk aware. This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.RESOURCES:More on the little robot:https://themessenger.com/tech/rob-rob... Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Who are the most dangerous "doomers" in AI? It's the people bringing the doom threat to the world, not the people calling them out for it.In Episode #8 TRAILER, host Josh Sherman points fingers and lays blame. How is it possible we're actually really discussing a zero-humans-on-earth future? Meet the people making it happen, the real doomers.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI. Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.#samaltman #darioamodei #yannlecun #ai #aisafety Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Who are the most dangerous "doomers" in AI? It's the people bringing the doom threat to the world, not the people calling them out for it.In Episode #8 TRAILER, host Josh Sherman points fingers and lays blame. How is it possible we're actually really discussing a zero-humans-on-earth future? Meet the people making it happen, the real doomers.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI. Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.#samaltman #darioamodei #yannlecun #ai #aisafety Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

You've heard all the tech experts. But what do regular moms think about AI and human extinction?In our Episode #7 TRAILER, "Moms Talk AI Extinction Risk" host John Sherman moves the AI Safety debate from the tech world to the real world.30-something tech dudes believe they somehow have our authorization to toy with killing our children. And our children's yet unborn children too. They do not have this authorization.So what do regular moms think of all this? Watch and find out.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

You've heard all the tech experts. But what do regular moms think about AI and human extinction?In our Episode #7 TRAILER, "Moms Talk AI Extinction Risk" host John Sherman moves the AI Safety debate from the tech world to the real world.30-something tech dudes believe they somehow have our authorization to toy with killing our children. And our children's yet unborn children too. They do not have this authorization.So what do regular moms think of all this? Watch and find out.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #6, Team Save Us vs. Team Kill Us,, host John Sherman weaves together highlights and analysis of The Munk Debate on AI Safety to show the case for and against AI as a human extinction risk. The debate took place in Toronto in June 2023, and it remains entirely current and relevant today and stands alone as one of the most well-produced, well-argued debates on AI Safety anywhere. All of the issues debated remain unsolved. All of the threats debated only grow in urgency.In this Munk Debate, you’ll meet two teams: Max Tegmark and Yoshua Bengio on Team Save Us (John’s title not theirs), and Yann Lecun and Melanie Mitchell on Team Kill Us (they’re called pro/con in the debate, Kill v Save is all John). Host John Sherman adds in some current events and colorful analysis (and language) throughout.This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. Let’s all it facts and analysis.For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.RESOURCESTHE MUNK DEBATES: https://munkdebates.comMax Tegmark➡️X: / tegmark ➡️Max's Website: https://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark ➡️Pause Giant AI Experiments (open letter): https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/... ➡️Future of Life Institute: https://futureoflife.orgYoshua Bengio➡️Website: https://yoshuabengio.org/Melanie Mitchell➡️Website: https://melaniemitchell.me/➡️X: https://x.com/MelMitchell1?s=20Yann Lecun➡️Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...➡️X: https://x.com/ylecun?s=20#AI #AISFAETY #AIRISK #OPENAI #ANTHROPIC #DEEPMIND #HUMANEXTINCTION #YANNLECUN #MELANIEMITCHELL #MAXTEGMARK #YOSHUABENGIO Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Want to see the most important issue in human history, extinction from AI, robustly debated, live and in person? It doesn’t happen nearly often enough.In our Episode #6, Team Save Us vs. Team Kill Us, TRAILER, John Sherman weaves together highlights and analysis of The Munk Debate on AI Safety to show the case for and against AI as a human extinction risk. The debate took place in June 2023, and it remains entirely current and relevant today and stands alone as one of the most well-produced, well-argued debates on AI Safety anywhere. All of the issues debated remain unsolved. All of the threats debated only grow in urgency.In this Munk Debate, you’ll meet two teams: Max Tegmark and Yoshua Bengio on Team Save Us (John’s title not theirs), and Yann Lecun and Melanie Mitchell on Team Kill Us (they’re called pro/con in the debate, Kill v Save is all John). Host John Sherman adds in some current events and colorful analysis (and language) throughout.This is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthinkable probable outcome, the end of all life on earth. Let’s all it facts and analysis.For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.RESOURCESTHE MUNK DEBATES: https://munkdebates.comMax Tegmark➡️X: https://twitter.com/tegmark ➡️Max's Website: https://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark ➡️Pause Giant AI Experiments (open letter): https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/... ➡️Future of Life Institute: https://futureoflife.orgYoshua Bengio➡️Website: https://yoshuabengio.org/Melanie Mitchell➡️Website: https://melaniemitchell.me/➡️X: https://x.com/MelMitchell1?s=20Yann Lecun➡️Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?...➡️X: https://x.com/ylecun?s=20#AI #AISFAETY #AIRISK #OPENAI #ANTHROPIC #DEEPMIND #HUMANEXTINCTION #YANNLECUN #MELANIEMITCHELL #MAXTEGMARK #YOSHUABENGIO Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #5 Part 2: John Sherman interviews Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, Director of the Cyber Security Lab at the University of Louisville, and renowned AI safety researcher.Among the many topics discussed in this episode:-what is at the core of AI safety risk skepticism-why AI safety research leaders themselves are so all over the map-why journalism is failing so miserably to cover AI safety appropriately-the drastic step the federal government could take to really slow Big AI downFor Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.ROMAN YAMPOLSKIY RESOURCESRoman Yampolskiy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/romanyam➡️Roman's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RomanYampolskiy➡️Pause Giant AI Experiments (open letter): https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/... ➡️Roman on Medium: https://romanyam.medium.com/#ai #aisafety #airisk #humanextinction #romanyampolskiy #samaltman #openai #anthropic #deepmind Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #5 Part 2, TRAILER: John Sherman interviews Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, Director of the Cyber Security Lab at the University of Louisville, and renowned AI safety researcher.Among the many topics discussed in this episode:-what is are the core of AI safety risk skepticism-why AI safety research leaders themselves are so all over the map-why journalism is failing so miserably to cover AI safety appropriately-the drastic step the federal government could take to really slow Big AI downFor Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.ROMAN YAMPOLSKIY RESOURCESRoman Yampolskiy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/romanyam➡️Roman's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RomanYampol...➡️Pause Giant AI Experiments (open letter): https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/... ➡️Roman on Medium: https://romanyam.medium.com/#ai #aisafety #airisk #humanextinction #romanyampolskiy #samaltman #openai #anthropic #deepmind Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #4 Part 1, TRAILER: John Sherman interviews Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, Director of the Cyber Security Lab at the University of Louisville, and renowned AI safety researcher.Among the many topics discussed in this episode:-why more average people aren't more involved and upset about AI safety-how frontier AI capabilities workers go to work every day knowing their work risks human extinction and go back to work the next day-how we can talk do our kids about these dark, existential issues-what if AI safety researchers concerned about human extinction over AI are just somehow wrong?For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #4 Part 1, TRAILER: John Sherman interviews Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, Director of the Cyber Security Lab at the University of Louisville, and renowned AI safety researcher.Among the many topics discussed in this episode:-why more average people aren't more involved and upset about AI safety-how frontier AI capabilities workers go to work every day knowing their work risks human extinction and go back to work the next day-how we can talk do our kids about these dark, existential issues-what if AI safety researchers concerned about human extinction over AI are just somehow wrong?For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Episode #3: The Interpretability Problem. In this episode we'll hear from AI Safety researchers including Eliezer Yudkowsky, Max Tegmark, Connor Leahy, and many more discussing how current AI systems are black boxes, no one has any clue how they work inside.For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

This is the trailer for Episode #3: The Interpretability Problem. In this episode we'll hear from AI Safety researchers including Eliezer Yudkowsky, Max Tegmark, Connor Leahy, and many more discussing how current AI systems are black boxes, no one has any clue how they work inside.For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, is the accessible AI Safety Podcast for all humans, no tech background required. Our show focuses solely on the threat of human extinction from AI.Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.#AI #airisk #alignment #interpretability #doom #aisafety #openai #anthropic #eleizeryudkowsky #maxtegmark #connorleahy Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Did you know the makers of AI have no idea how to control their technology? They have no clue how to align it with human goals, values and ethics. You know, stuff like, don't kill humans.This the AI safety podcast for all people, no tech background required. We focus only on the threat of human extinction from AI.In Episode #2, The Alignment Problem, host John Sherman explores how alarmingly far AI safety researchers are from finding any way to control AI systems, much less their superintelligent children, who will arrive soon enough. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

Did you know the makers of AI have no idea how to control their technology, while they admit it has the power to create human extinction? In For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast, Episode #2 The Alignment Problem, we look into the fact no one has any clue how to align an AI system with human values, ethics and goals. Such as don't kill all the humans, for example. Episode #2 drops Wednesday, this is the trailer. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

How bout we choose not to just all die? Are you with me?For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast is the AI Safety Podcast for regular people. Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2-10 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what we can do to help save humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast is the AI Safety Podcast for regular people. Peabody Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2-10 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.The makers of AI have no idea how to control their technology or why it does what it does. And yet they keep making it faster and stronger. In episode one we introduce the two biggest unsolved problems in AI safety, alignment and interpretability. This podcast is your wake-up call, and a real-time, unfolding plan of action. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe