4min chapter

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg cover image

Will AI destroy civilization in the near future? (with Connor Leahy)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

CHAPTER

The Gap in the Mind of Agentic AIs

"I think it's mostly because people are not used to thinking about optimization," he says. "These systems, these AGIs, will want to reconfigure their environment into something they like." In the process of extracting resources for building solar farms, stopping pests from getting in your food is a natural thing for a very powerful sociopathic system to do just to do away with all those annoying fleshy animals that are in the way.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode