I’m excited to share my recent AI doom interview with Eben Pagan, better known to many by his pen name David DeAngelo!
For an entire generation of men, ‘David DeAngelo’ was the authority on dating—and his work transformed my approach to courtship back in the day. Now the roles reverse, as I teach Eben about a very different game, one where the survival of our entire species is at stake.
In this interview, we cover the expert consensus on AI extinction, my dead-simple two-question framework for understanding the threat, why there’s no “off switch” for superintelligence, and why we desperately need international coordination before it’s too late.
Timestamps
0:00 - Episode Preview
1:05 - How Liron Got Doom-Pilled
2:55 - Why There’s a 50% Chance of Doom by 2050
4:52 - What AI CEOs Actually Believe
8:14 - What “Doom” Actually Means
10:02 - The Next Species is Coming
12:41 - The Baby Dragon Fallacy
14:41 - The 2-Question Framework for AI Extinction
18:38 - AI Doesn’t Need to Hate You to Kill You
21:05 - “Computronium”: The End Game
29:51 - 3 Reasons There’s No Superintelligence “Off Switch”
36:22 - Answering ‘What Is Intelligence?”
43:24 - We Need Global Coordination
Show Notes
Eben has become a world-class business trainer and someone who follows the AI discourse closely. I highly recommend subscribing to his podcast for excellent interviews & actionable AI tips: @METAMIND_AI
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