For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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

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#AISafety #AIAlignment #ForHumanityPodcast #AIRisk #FutureOfAI #AIandWarfare #AutonomousWeapons #AIEthics #TechForGood #ArtificialIntelligence

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

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

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.

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.

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.

RESOURCES

THE MUNK DEBATES: https://munkdebates.com

Max 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.org

Yoshua Bengio
➡️Website: https://yoshuabengio.org/

Melanie Mitchell
➡️Website: https://melaniemitchell.me/
➡️X: https://x.com/MelMitchell1?s=20

Yann 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

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.

RESOURCES

THE MUNK DEBATES: https://munkdebates.com

Max 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.org

Yoshua Bengio
➡️Website: https://yoshuabengio.org/

Melanie Mitchell
➡️Website: https://melaniemitchell.me/
➡️X: https://x.com/MelMitchell1?s=20

Yann 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

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: 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 RESOURCES
Roman 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

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 down

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.

ROMAN YAMPOLSKIY RESOURCES
Roman 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

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.