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| The Congressman Who Gets AI Extinction Risk— Rep. Bill Foster on the Future of Humanity | For Humanity | Ep. 75 | 06 Dec 2025 | 01:10:02 | |
In this episode of For Humanity, John Sherman sits down with Congressman Bill Foster — the only PhD scientist in Congress, a former Fermilab physicist, and one of the few lawmakers deeply engaged with advanced AI risks. Together, they dive into a wide-ranging conversation about the accelerating capabilities of AI, the systemic vulnerabilities inside Congress, and why the next few years may determine the fate of our species. Foster unpacks why AI risk mirrors nuclear risk in scale, how interpretability is collapsing as models evolve, why Congress is structurally incapable of responding fast enough, and how geopolitical pressures distort every conversation on safety. They also explore the looming financial bubble around AI, the coming energy crunch from massive data centers, and the emerging threat of anonymous encrypted compute — a pathway that could enable rogue actors or rogue AIs to operate undetected. If you want a deeper understanding of how AI intersects with power, geopolitics, compute, regulation, and existential risk, this conversation is essential. Together, they explore: * • The real risks emerging from today’s AI systems — and what’s coming next * Why Congress is unprepared for AGI-level threats * How compute verification could become humanity’s safety net * Why data centers may reshape energy, economics, and local politics * How scientific literacy in government could redefine AI governance 👉 Follow More of Congressman Foster’s Work: 📺 Subscribe to The AI Risk Network for weekly conversations on how we can confront the AI extinction threat. #AISafety #AIAlignment #ForHumanityPodcast #AIRisk #FutureOfAI #AIandWarfare #AutonomousWeapons #AIEthics #TechForGood #ArtificialIntelligence Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| AI Risk, Superintelligence & The Fight Ahead — A Deep Dive with Liv Boeree | For Humanity #74 | 22 Nov 2025 | 01:17:34 | |
In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down with Liv Boeree — poker champion, systems thinker, and longtime AI risk advocate — for a candid conversation about where we truly stand in the race toward advanced AI. Liv breaks down why public understanding of superintelligence is so uneven, how misaligned incentives shape the entire ecosystem, and why issues like surveillance, culture, and gender dynamics matter more than people realize. They explore the emotional realities of working on existential risk, the impact of doomscrolling, and how mindset and intuition keep people grounded in such turbulent times. The result is a clear, grounded, and surprisingly hopeful look at the future of technology, power, and responsibility. If you’re passionate about understanding AI’s real impacts (today and tomorrow), this is a must-watch. Together, they explore: * The real risks we face from AI — today and in the coming years * Why public understanding of superintelligence is so fractured * How incentives, competition, and culture misalign technology with human flourishing * What poker teaches us about deception, risk, and reading motives * The role of women, intuition, and “mama bear energy” in the AI safety movement 👉 Follow More of Liv Boeree’s Work: 📺 Subscribe to The AI Risk Network for weekly conversations on how we can confront the AI extinction threat. #AISafety #AIAlignment #ForHumanityPodcast #AIRisk #FutureOfAI #AIandWarfare #AutonomousWeapons #AIEthics #TechForGood #ArtificialIntelligence Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Kevin Roose Talks AI Risk | Episode #65 | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 12 May 2025 | 01:25:20 | |
For Humanity Episode #65: Kevin Roose on AGI, AI Risk, and What Comes Next🎙️ Guest: Kevin Roose, NYT columnist & bestselling author📍 Host: John Sherman, Director of Public Engagement at the Center for AI Safety (CAIS)In this landmark episode of For Humanity, I sit down with New York Times columnist Kevin Roose for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of artificial intelligence. We dig into:– The real risks of AGI (artificial general intelligence)– What the public still doesn’t understand about AI x-risk– Kevin’s upcoming book on the rise of AGI– My new role at CAIS and why I believe this moment is a turning point for human survivalKevin brings a rare clarity and journalistic honesty to this subject—if you’re wondering what’s hype, what’s real, and what’s terrifyingly close, this episode is for you.🔔 Subscribe for more conversations with the people shaping the AI conversation🎧 Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere you get your podcasts📢 Share this episode if you care about our future#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AGI #KevinRoose #CAIS #AIrisks #ForHumanity #NYT #AIethics Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| "Moms Talk AI Extinction Risk" For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast: Episode #7 | 14 Dec 2023 | 00:52:50 | |
You've heard all the tech experts. But what do regular moms think about AI and human extinction? Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| "Moms Talk AI Extinction Risk" For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast: Episode #7 TRAILER | 13 Dec 2023 | 00:02:49 | |
You've heard all the tech experts. But what do regular moms think about AI and human extinction? Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| "Team Save Us vs Team Kill Us" For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #6: The Munk Debate | 06 Dec 2023 | 00:43:39 | |
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. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Team Save Us vs Team Kill Us: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #6: The Munk Debate TRAILER | 03 Dec 2023 | 00:01:44 | |
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. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Dr. Roman Yampolskiy Interview, Part 2: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #5 | 27 Nov 2023 | 00:41:25 | |
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. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Dr. Roman Yampolskiy Interview, Part 2: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #5 TRAILER | 26 Nov 2023 | 00:02:31 | |
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. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Dr. Roman Yampolskiy Interview, Part 1: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #4 | 22 Nov 2023 | 00:35:00 | |
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. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Dr. Roman Yampolskiy Interview, Part 1: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #4 TRAILER | 20 Nov 2023 | 00:01:58 | |
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. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| The Interpretability Problem: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #3 | 15 Nov 2023 | 00:27:54 | |
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. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| The Interpretability Problem: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #3 Trailer | 13 Nov 2023 | 00:01:08 | |
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. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Seventh Grader vs AI Risk | Episode #64 | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 22 Apr 2025 | 01:42:04 | |
In Episode #64, interview, host John Sherman interviews seventh grader Dylan Pothier, his mom Bridget and his teach Renee DiPietro. Dylan is a award winning student author who is converend about AI risk. (FULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT 00:33:34)Sam Altman/Chris Anderson @ TEDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MWT_doo68kCheck out our partner channel: Lethal Intelligence AILethal Intelligence AI - Home https://lethalintelligence.aiFOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS:$1 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3cje3x2Zk9SodQT$10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y46oo$25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIggM4gh$100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfcI5kmBUY LOUIS BERMAN’S NEW BOOK ON AMAZON!!!https://a.co/d/8WSNNuoGet Involved!EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.comSUPPORT PAUSE AI: https://pauseai.info/SUPPORT STOP AI: https://www.stopai.info/SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE! / @doomdebates Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #2: The Alignment Problem | 08 Nov 2023 | 00:33:57 | |
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 | |||
| For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast: Episode #2, The Alignment Problem, Trailer | 06 Nov 2023 | 00:02:00 | |
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 | |||
| For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast: Episode #1 Please Look Up | 30 Oct 2023 | 00:50:24 | |
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: Episode #1 Trailer | 25 Oct 2023 | 00:01:32 | |
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 | |||
| Justice For Suchir | Episode #63 | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 11 Apr 2025 | 01:19:43 | |
In an emotional interview, host John Sherman interviews Poornima Rao and Balaji Ramamurthy, the parents of Suchir Balaji. (FULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT 00:18:38)Suchir Balaji was a 26-year-old artificial intelligence researcher who worked at OpenAI. He was involved in developing models like GPT-4 and WebGPT. In October 2024, he publicly accused OpenAI of violating U.S. copyright laws by using proprietary data to train AI models, arguing that such practices harmed original content creators. His essay, "When does generative AI qualify for fair use?", gained attention and was cited in ongoing lawsuits against OpenAI. Suchir left OpenAI in August 2024, expressing concerns about the company's ethics and the potential harm of AI to humanity. He planned to start a nonprofit focused on machine learning and neuroscience. On October 23, 2024 he was featured in the New York Times speaking out against OpenAI.On November 26, 2024, he was found dead in his San Francisco apartment from a gunshot wound. The initial autopsy ruled it a suicide, noting the presence of alcohol, amphetamines, and GHB in his system. However, his parents contested this finding, commissioning a second autopsy that suggested a second gunshot wound was missed in the initial examination. They also pointed to other injuries and questioned the presence of GHB, suggesting foul play. Despite these claims, authorities reaffirmed the suicide ruling. The case has attracted public attention, with figures like Elon Musk and Congressman Ro Khanna calling for further investigation.Suchir’s parents continue to push for justice and truth.Suchir’s Website:https://suchir.net/fair_use.htmlFOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS:$1 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3cje3x2Zk9SodQT$10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y46oo$25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIggM4gh$100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfcI5kmLethal Intelligence AI - Home https://lethalintelligence.aiBUY LOUIS BERMAN’S NEW BOOK ON AMAZON!!!https://a.co/d/8WSNNuoGet Involved!EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.comSUPPORT PAUSE AI: https://pauseai.info/SUPPORT STOP AI: https://www.stopai.info/SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE! / @doomdebates Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Keep The Future Human | Episode #62 | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 26 Mar 2025 | 01:47:13 | |
Host John Sherman conducts an important interview with Anthony Aguirre, Executive Director of the Future of Life Institute. The Future of Life Institute reached out to For Humanity to see if Anthony could come on to promote his very impressive new campaign called Keep The Future Human. The campaign includes a book, an essay, a website, a video, it’s all incredible work. Please check it out: https://keepthefuturehuman.ai/ John and Anthony have a broad ranging AI risk conversation, covering in some detail Anthony’s four essential measures for a human future. They also discuss parenting into this unknown future. In 2021, the Future of Life Institute received a donation in cryptocurrency of more than $650 million from a single donor. With AGI doom bearing down on humanity, arriving any day now, AI risk communications floundering, the public in the dark still, and that massive war chest gathering dust in a bank, John asks Anthony the uncomfortable but necessary question: What is FLI waiting for to spend the money? Then John asks Anthony for $10 million to fund creative media projects under John’s direction. John is convinced with $10M in six months he could succeed in making AI existential risk dinner table conversation on every street in America. John has developed a detailed plan that would launch within 24 hours of the grant award. We don’t have a single day to lose. BUY LOUIS BERMAN’S NEW BOOK ON AMAZON!!! FOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS: $1 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3cje3x2Zk9SodQT $10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y46oo $25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIggM4gh $100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfcI5km Get Involved! EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT PAUSE AI: https://pauseai.info/ SUPPORT STOP AI: https://www.stopai.info/ Check out our partner channel: Lethal Intelligence AI Lethal Intelligence AI - Home SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE! **************** **************** Explore our other video content here on YouTube where you'll find more insights into 2025 AI risk preview along with relevant social media links. YouTube: / @forhumanitypodcast Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Dark Patterns In AI | Episode #61 | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 12 Mar 2025 | 01:31:02 | |
Host John Sherman interviews Esban Kran, CEO of Apart Research about a broad range of AI risk topics. Most importantly, the discussion covers a growing for-profit AI risk business landscape, and Apart’s recent report on Dark Patterns in LLMs. We hear about the benchmarking of new models all the time, but this project has successfully identified some key dark patterns in these models. MORE FROM OUR SPONSOR: BUY LOUIS BERMAN’S NEW BOOK ON AMAZON!!! Apart Research Dark Bench Report https://www.apartresearch.com/post/uncovering-model-manipulation-with-darkbench (FULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT 00:09:30) FOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS: $1 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3cje3x2Zk9SodQT $10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y46oo $25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIggM4gh $100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfcI5km Get Involved! EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT PAUSE AI: https://pauseai.info/ SUPPORT STOP AI: https://www.stopai.info/ Check out our partner channel: Lethal Intelligence AI Lethal Intelligence AI - Home SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE! **************** **************** Explore our other video content here on YouTube where you'll find more insights into 2025 AI risk preview along with relevant social media links. YouTube: / @forhumanitypodcast Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Smarter-Than-Human Robots? | Episode #59 | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 11 Feb 2025 | 01:42:14 | |
Host John Sherman interviews Jad Tarifi, CEO of Integral AI, about Jad's company's work to try to create a world of trillions of AGI-enabled robots by 2035. Jad was a leader at Google's first generative AI team, his views of his former colleague Geoffrey Hinton's views on existential risk from advanced AI come up more than once.FOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS:$1 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3cje3x2Zk9SodQT$10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y46oo$25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIggM4gh$100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfcI5kmGet Involved!EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.comSUPPORT PAUSE AI: https://pauseai.info/SUPPORT STOP AI: https://www.stopai.info/aboutRESOURCES:Integral AI: https://www.integral.ai/John's Chat w Chat GPThttps://chatgpt.com/share/679ee549-2c38-8003-9c1e-260764da1a53Check out our partner channel: Lethal Intelligence AILethal Intelligence AI - Home https://lethalintelligence.aiSUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates****************To learn more about smarter-than-human robots, please feel free to visit our YouTube channel.In this video, we cover the following topics:AIAI riskAI safetyRobotsHumanoid RobotsAGI****************Explore our other video content here on YouTube where you'll find more insights into 2025 AI risk preview along with relevant social media links.YouTube: / @forhumanitypodcast Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Protecting Our Kids From AI Risk | Episode #58 | 27 Jan 2025 | 01:42:46 | |
Host John Sherman interviews Tara Steele, Director, The Safe AI For Children Alliance, about her work to protect children from AI risks such as deep fakes, her concern about AI causing human extinction, and what we can do about all of it. You can also donate any amount one time.
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| 2025 AI Risk Preview | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | Episode #57 | 13 Jan 2025 | 01:40:11 | |
What will 2025 bring? Sam Altman says AGI is coming in 2025. Agents will arrive for sure. Military use will expand greatly. Will we get a warning shot? Will we survive the year? In Episode #57, host John Sherman interviews AI Safety Research Engineer Max Winga about the latest in AI advances and risks and the year to come. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| AGI Goes To Washington | For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | Episode #56 | 19 Dec 2024 | 01:14:21 | |
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| Connor Leahy Interview | Helping People Understand AI Risk | Episode #54 | 25 Nov 2024 | 02:24:59 | |
3,893 views Nov 19, 2024 For Humanity: An AI Safety PodcastIn Episode #54 John Sherman interviews Connor Leahy, CEO of Conjecture. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| AI Safety on the Frontlines | For Humanity #73 | 08 Nov 2025 | 00:55:44 | |
In this episode of For Humanity, host John Sherman speaks with Esben Kran, one of the leading figures in the for-profit AI safety movement, joining live from Ukraine — where he’s exploring the intersection of AI safety, autonomous drones, and the defense tech boom. 🔎 They discuss: * The rise of for-profit AI safety startups and why technology must lead regulation. * How Ukraine’s drone industry became the frontline of autonomous warfare. * What happens when AI gains control — and how we might still shut it down. * The chilling concept of a global “AI kill chain” and what humanity must do now. Esben also shares insights from companies like Lucid Computing and Workshop Labs, the growing global coordination challenges, and why the next AI safety breakthroughs may not come from labs in Berkeley — but from battlefields and builders abroad. 🔗 Subscribe for more conversations about AI risk, ethics, and the fight to build a safe future for humanity. #AISafety #AIAlignment #ForHumanityPodcast #AIRisk #FutureOfAI #AIandWarfare #AutonomousWeapons #AIEthics #TechForGood #ArtificialIntelligence Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Human Augmentation Incoming | The Coming Age Of Humachines | Episode #53 | 19 Nov 2024 | 01:42:02 | |
In Episode #53 John Sherman interviews Michael DB Harvey, author of The Age of Humachines. The discussion covers the coming spectre of humans putting digital implants inside ourselves to try to compete with AI. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| AI Risk Update | One Year of For Humanity | Episode #52 | 19 Nov 2024 | 01:18:12 | |
In Episode #52 , host John Sherman looks back on the first year of For Humanity. Select shows are featured as well as a very special celebration of life at the end. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| AI Risk Funding | Big Tech vs. Small Safety I Episode #51 | 23 Oct 2024 | 01:06:04 | |
In Episode #51 , host John Sherman talks with Tom Barnes, an Applied Researcher with Founders Pledge, about the reality of AI risk funding, and about the need for emergency planning for AI to be much more robust and detailed than it is now. We are currently woefully underprepared.
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| AI Risk Funding | Big Tech vs. Small Safety | Episode #51 TRAILER | 21 Oct 2024 | 00:06:04 | |
In Episode #51 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Tom Barnes, an Applied Researcher with Founders Pledge, about the reality of AI risk funding, and about the need for emergency planning for AI to be much more robust and detailed than it is now. We are currently woefully underprepared.
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| Accurately Predicting Doom | What Insight Can Metaculus Reveal About AI Risk? | Episode # 50 | 21 Oct 2024 | 01:18:59 | |
In Episode #50, host John Sherman talks with Deger Turan, CEO of Metaculus about what his prediction market reveals about the AI future we are all heading towards.
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| Accurately Predicting Doom | What Insight Can Metaculus Reveal About AI Risk? | Episode # 50 TRAILER | 14 Oct 2024 | 00:05:04 | |
In Episode #50 TRAILER, host John Sherman talks with Deger Turan, CEO of Metaculus about what his prediction market reveals about the AI future we are all heading towards. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| What Is The Origin Of AI Safety? | AI Safety Movement | Episode #48 | 08 Oct 2024 | 01:09:30 | |
In Episode #48, host John Sherman talks with Pause AI US Founder Holly Elmore about the limiting origins of the AI safety movement. Polls show 60-80% of the public are opposed to building artificial superintelligence. So why is the movement to stop it still so small? The roots of the AI safety movement have a lot to do with it. Holly and John explore the present day issues created by the movements origins.
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| AI Safety's Limiting Origins: For Humanity, An AI Risk Podcast, Episode #48 Trailer | 30 Sep 2024 | 00:07:41 | |
In Episode #48 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Pause AI US Founder Holly Elmore about the limiting origins of the AI safety movement. Polls show 60-80% of the public are opposed to building artificial superintelligence. So why is the movement to stop it still so small? The roots of the AI safety movement have a lot to do with it. Holly and John explore the present day issues created by the movements origins. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #47: “Can AI Be Controlled?“ For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcas | 25 Sep 2024 | 01:19:40 | |
In Episode #47, host John Sherman talks with Buck Shlegeris, CEO of Redwood Research, a non-profit company working on technical AI risk challenges. The discussion includes Buck’s thoughts on the new OpenAI o1-preview model, but centers on two questions: is there a way to control AI models before alignment is achieved if it can be, and how would the system that’s supposed to save the world actually work if an AI lab found a model scheming. Check out these links to Buck’s writing on these topics below: https://redwoodresearch.substack.com/p/the-case-for-ensuring-that-powerful https://redwoodresearch.substack.com/p/would-catching-your-ais-trying-to Senate Hearing: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/oversight-of-ai-insiders-perspectives Harry Macks Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59ZRYCHev_IqjUhremZ8Tg LEARN HOW TO HELP RAISE AI RISK AWARENESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE https://pauseai.info/local-organizing Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extinction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #47 Trailer : “Can AI Be Controlled?“ For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 25 Sep 2024 | 00:04:36 | |
In Episode #47 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Buck Shlegeris, CEO of Redwood Research, a non-profit company working on technical AI risk challenges. The discussion includes Buck’s thoughts on the new OpenAI o1-preview model, but centers on two questions: is there a way to control AI models before alignment is achieved if it can be, and how would the system that’s supposed to save the world actually work if an AI lab found a model scheming. Check out these links to Buck’s writing on these topics below: https://redwoodresearch.substack.com/p/the-case-for-ensuring-that-powerful https://redwoodresearch.substack.com/p/would-catching-your-ais-trying-to Senate Hearing: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/oversight-of-ai-insiders-perspectives Harry Macks Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59ZRYCHev_IqjUhremZ8Tg LEARN HOW TO HELP RAISE AI RISK AWARENESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE https://pauseai.info/local-organizing Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extinction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Stuart Russell: “AI CEO Told Me Chernobyl-Level AI Event Might Be Our Only Hope” | For Humanity #72 | 25 Oct 2025 | 01:32:47 | |
Let’s face it: in the long run, there’s either going to be safe AI or no AI. There is no future with powerful unsafe AI and human beings. In this episode of For Humanity, John Sherman speaks with Professor Stuart Russell — one of the world’s foremost AI pioneers and co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach — about the terrifying honesty of today’s AI leaders. Russell reveals that the CEO of a major AI company told him his best hope for a good future is a “Chernobyl-scale AI disaster.” Yes — one of the people building advanced AI believes only a catastrophic warning shot could wake up the world in time. John and Stuart dive deep into the psychology, politics, and incentives driving this suicidal race toward AGI. They discuss: * Why even AI insiders are losing faith in control * What a “Chernobyl moment” could actually look like * Why regulation isn’t anti-innovation — it’s survival * The myth that America is “allergic” to AI rules * How liability, accountability, and provable safety could still save us * Whether we can ever truly coexist with a superintelligence This is one of the most urgent conversations ever hosted on For Humanity. If you care about your kids’ future — or humanity’s — don’t miss this one. 🎙️ About For Humanity A podcast from the AI Risk Network, hosted by John Sherman, making AI extinction risk kitchen-table conversation on every street. 📺 Subscribe for weekly conversations with leading scientists, policymakers, and ethicists confronting the AI extinction threat. #AIRisk #ForHumanity #StuartRussell #AIEthics #AIExtinction #AIGovernance #ArtificialIntelligence #AIDisaster #GuardRailNow Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #46: “Is AI Humanity’s Worthy Successor?“ For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 18 Sep 2024 | 01:17:26 | |
In Episode #46, host John Sherman talks with Daniel Faggella, Founder and Head of Research at Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research. Dan has been speaking out about AI risk for a long time but comes at it from a different perspective than many. Dan thinks we need to talk about how we can make AGI and whatever comes after become humanity’s worthy successor. More About Daniel Faggella LEARN HOW TO HELP RAISE AI RISK AWARENESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE https://pauseai.info/local-organizing Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extinction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode 46 Trailer: “Is AI Humanity’s Worthy Successor?“ For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 16 Sep 2024 | 00:05:53 | |
In Episode #46 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Daniel Faggella, Founder and Head of Research at Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research. Dan has been speaking out about AI risk for a long time but comes at it from a different perspective than many. Dan thinks we need to talk about how we can make AGI and whatever comes after become humanity’s worthy successor. More About Daniel Faggella LEARN HOW TO HELP RAISE AI RISK AWARENESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE https://pauseai.info/local-organizing Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extinction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #45: “AI Risk And Child Psychology” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 11 Sep 2024 | 01:24:24 | |
In Episode #45, host John Sherman talks with Dr. Mike Brooks, a Psychologist focusing on kids and technology. The conversation is broad-ranging, touching on parenting, happiness and screens, the need for human unity, and the psychology of humans facing an ever more unknown future.FULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT (00:05:28) Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #45 TRAILER: “AI Risk And Child Psychology” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 09 Sep 2024 | 00:06:42 | |
In Episode #45 TRAILER, host John Sherman talks with Dr. Mike Brooks, a Psychologist focusing on kids and technology. The conversation is broad-ranging, touching on parenting, happiness and screens, the need for human unity, and the psychology of humans facing an ever more unknown future. Mike’s book: Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World An article from Mike in Psychology Today: The Happiness Illusion: Facing the Dark Side of Progress LEARN HOW TO HELP RAISE AI RISK AWARENESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE https://pauseai.info/local-organizing Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extinction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #44: “AI P-Doom Debate: 50% vs 99.999%” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 04 Sep 2024 | 01:31:05 | |
In Episode #44, host John Sherman brings back friends of For Humanity Dr. Roman Yamopolskiy and Liron Shapira. Roman is an influential AI Safety researcher, through leader, and Associate Professor at the University of Louisville. Liron is a tech CEO and host of the excellent Doom Debates podcast. Roman famously holds a 99.999% p-doom, Liron has a nuanced 50%. John starts out at 75%, unrelated to their numbers. Where are you? Did Roman or Liron move you in their direction at all? Let us know in the comments! LEARN HOW TO HELP RAISE AI RISK AWARENESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE https://pauseai.info/local-organizing Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: BUY ROMAN’S NEW BOOK ON AMAZON SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extinction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #44 Trailer: “AI P-Doom Debate: 50% vs 99.999%” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 02 Sep 2024 | 00:07:59 | |
In Episode #44 Trailer, host John Sherman brings back friends of For Humanity Dr. Roman Yamopolskiy and Liron Shapira. Roman is an influential AI Safety researcher, through leader, and Associate Professor at the University of Louisville. Liron is a tech CEO and host of the excellent Doom Debates podcast. Roman famously holds a 99.999% p-doom, Liron has a nuanced 50%. John starts out at 75%, unrelated to their numbers. Where are you? Did Roman or Liron move you in their direction at all? Watch the full episode and let us know in the comments. LEARN HOW TO HELP RAISE AI RISK AWARENESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE https://pauseai.info/local-organizing Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: BUY ROMAN’S NEW BOOK ON AMAZON SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extinction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #43 TRAILER: “So what exactly is the good case for AI?” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:07:35 | |
In Episode #43 TRAILER, host John Sherman talks with DevOps Engineer Aubrey Blackburn about the vague, elusive case the big AI companies and accelerationists make for the good case AI future. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extiction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #42: “Actors vs. AI” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 21 Aug 2024 | 01:23:19 | |
In Episode #42, host John Sherman talks with actor Erik Passoja about AI’s impact on Hollywood, the fight to protect people’s digital identities, and the vibes in LA about existential risk. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extiction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #42 TRAILER: “Actors vs. AI” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 19 Aug 2024 | 00:03:12 | |
In Episode #42 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with actor Erik Passoja about AI’s impact on Hollywood, the fight to protect people’s digital identities, and the vibes in LA about existential risk. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extiction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #41 “David Brooks: Dead Wrong on AI” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 14 Aug 2024 | 00:48:39 | |
In Episode #41, host John Sherman begins with a personal message to David Brooks of the New York Times. Brooks wrote an article titled “Many People Fear AI: They Shouldn’t”–and in full candor it pissed John off quite much. During this episode, John and Doom Debates host Liron Shapira go line by line through David Brooks’s 7/31/24 piece in the New York Times. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extiction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| The RAISE Act: Regulating Frontier AI | For Humanity | EP 71 | 11 Oct 2025 | 01:04:28 | |
In this episode of For Humanity, John speaks with New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, sponsor of the groundbreaking RAISE Act, one of the first state-level bills in the U.S. designed to regulate frontier AI systems. They discuss: * Why AI poses an existential risk, with researchers estimating up to a 10% chance of extinction. * The political challenges of passing meaningful AI regulation at the state and federal level. * How the RAISE Act could require safety plans, transparency, and limits on catastrophic risks. * The looming jobs crisis as AI accelerates disruption across industries. * Why politicians are only beginning to grapple with AI’s dangers — and why the public must speak up now. This is a candid, urgent conversation about AI risk, regulation, and what it will take to secure humanity’s future. 📌 Learn more about the RAISE Act. 👉 Subscribe for more conversations on AI risk and the future of humanity. Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||
| Episode #41 TRAILER “David Brooks: Dead Wrong on AI” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast | 12 Aug 2024 | 00:09:19 | |
In Episode #41 TRAILER, host John Sherman previews the full show with a personal message to David Brooks of the New York Times. Brooks wrote something–and in full candor it pissed John off quite much. During the full episode, John and Doom Debates host Liron Shapira go line by line through David Brooks’s 7/31/24 piece in the New York Times. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a long form public service announcement. 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: Max Winga’s “A Stark Warning About Extiction” https://youtu.be/kDcPW5WtD58?si=i6IRy82xZ2PUOp22 For Humanity Theme Music by Josef Ebner Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveruX8E-Il5A9VMC-N4vlg Website: https://josef.pictures SUBSCRIBE TO LIRON SHAPIRA’S DOOM DEBATES on YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates BUY STEPHEN HANSON’S BEAUTIFUL AI RISK BOOK!!! https://stephenhansonart.bigcartel.com/product/the-entity-i-couldn-t-fathom JOIN THE FIGHT, help Pause AI!!!! Join the Pause AI Weekly Discord Thursdays at 2pm EST https://discord.com/invite/pVMWjddaW7 22 Word Statement from Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk Best Account on Twitter: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe | |||