Will AI replace God, steal your job, and change your future? Amjad Masad, Bret Weinstein, and Daniel Priestley debate the terrifying warning signs, and why you need to understand them now.

Amjad Masad is the founder and CEO of Replit, the world's leading online programming environment and community. Daniel Priestley is a serial entrepreneur and advises fast-growing companies on innovation, marketing, and the future of work in the age of AI. Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary biologist, expert in complex systems and host of the DarkHorse Podcast.

In this debate, they explain:

Why AI threatens 50% of the global workforce.
How AI agents are already replacing millions of jobs and how to use them to your advantage.
How AI will disrupt creative industries and hijack human consciousness.
The critical skills that will matter most in the AI-powered future.
What parents must teach their kids now to survive the AI age.
How to harness AI’s power ethically.

00:00 Intro

07:14 What Is an AI Agent?

09:11 Who Is Bret and What Are His Views on AI?

12:58 Who Is Dan?

14:42 Where Are the Boundaries?

15:56 What Could AI Potentially Do?

17:01 Bret's Concerns: AI and a New Species

19:33 The Disruptive Potential of AI in Its Current Form

20:33 Is AI Just a Tool?

21:38 Those Who Leverage AI Will Be the Winners

25:15 What Abuse Are We Currently Seeing?

30:57 The Collateral Damage of AI

39:08 What Will Happen to Humans?

42:15 Which Jobs Will Be Replaced by AI?

45:34 Could AI Development Affect Western Economies?

49:00 Is AI Removing Our Agency?

57:39 Will Authenticity Be More Valued in the AI Era?

59:16 Will Markets Become Fairer or More Unbalanced?

1:03:45 The Economic Displacement

1:05:45 Worldcoin and the Case for Universal Basic Income

1:11:47 Are We Losing Meaning and Purpose?

1:14:44 AI's Impact on Loneliness, Relationships, and Connection

1:18:57 Can Education Adapt to the AI Era?

1:26:07 What Should AI Teach Our Children?

1:31:19 Ads

1:32:20 Is This Inevitable?

1:38:18 Will We Start Living Like House Cats?

1:44:44 Hyper-Changing World: Are We Designed for It?

1:50:25 The 5 Key Threats of AI

1:51:51 Deepfakes and AI Scams

1:59:43 An Optimistic Take on the AI Era

2:03:37 AI for Business Opportunities

2:08:34 Ads

2:10:32 AI Autonomous Weapons

2:17:59 Do We Live Among Aliens or in a Simulation?

2:21:31 How to Live a Good Life in the AI Era

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