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For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast

The AI Risk Network

For Humanity, An AI Risk Podcast is the the AI Risk Podcast for regular people. Peabody, duPont-Columbia and multi-Emmy 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 name and meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you

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All Episodes

00:02:29

"AI Risk Super Bowl I: Conner vs. Beff" For Humanity,...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/02/12

In Episode #15 TRAILER, AI Risk Super Bowl I: Conner vs. Beff, Highlights and Post-Game Analysis, John takes a look at the recent debate on the Machine Learning Street Talk Podcast between AI safety hero Connor Leahy and Acceleration cult leader Beff Jezos, aka Guillaume Vendun. The epic three hour debate took place on 2/2/24. With a mix of highlights and analysis, John, with Beff’s help, reveals the truth about the e/acc movement: it’s anti-human at its core. This podcast is not journalism. But

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01:16:32

"Pause AI or Die" For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/02/07

In Episode #14, John interviews Joep Meinderstma, Founder of Pause AI, a global AI safety policy and protest organization. Pause AI was behind the first ever AI Safety protests on the planet. John and Joep talk about what's being done, how it all feels, how it all might end, and even broach the darkest corner of all of this: suffering risk. This conversation embodies a spirit this movement needs: we can be upbeat and positive as we talk about the darkest subjects possible. It's not

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00:03:10

"Pause AI or Die" For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/02/05

In Episode #14 TRAILER, John interviews Joep Meinderstma, Founder of Pause AI, a global AI safety policy and protest organization. Pause AI was behind the first ever AI Safety protests on the planet. 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

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01:40:08

"Uncontrollable AI" For Humanity: An AI Safety...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/30

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. Apologies for the laggy cam on Darren! Darren’s book

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00:01:55

"Uncontrollable AI" For Humanity: An AI Safety,...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/29

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

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01:40:15

"AI Risk Debate" For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/25

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

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00:05:15

"AI Risk Debate" For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/22

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

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01:19:15

"Artist vs. AI Risk" For Humanity: An AI Safety...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/17

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

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00:01:37

"Artist vs. AI Risk" For Humanity: An AI Safety...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/16

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

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00:28:05

"Eliezer Yudkowsky's 2024 Doom Update" For Humanity:...

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2024/01/10

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

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00:01:33

"Eliezer Yudkowsky's 2024 Doom Update" For Humanity:...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/08

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

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01:06:58

Veteran Marine vs. AGI, For Humanity An AI Safety...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/03

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

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00:01:51

Veteran Marine vs. AGI, For Humanity An AI Safety...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2024/01/02

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

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00:38:31

"AI's Top 3 Doomers" For Humanity, An AI Safety...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2023/12/22

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

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00:02:23

"AI's Top 3 Doomers" For Humanity, An AI Safety...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2023/12/21

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

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00:52:50

"Moms Talk AI Extinction Risk" For Humanity, An AI...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2023/12/14

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

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00:02:48

"Moms Talk AI Extinction Risk" For Humanity, An AI...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2023/12/13

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

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00:43:39

"Team Save Us vs Team Kill Us" For Humanity, An AI...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2023/12/06

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

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00:01:43

Team Save Us vs Team Kill Us: For Humanity, An AI...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2023/12/03

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,

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00:41:25

Dr. Roman Yampolskiy Interview, Part 2: For Humanity,...

For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast ·

2023/11/27

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 down For Humanity:

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