"AI Risk-Denier Down" For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #16 TRAILER

In Episode #16 TRAILER, AI Risk Denier Down, things get weird. This show did not have to be like this. Our guest in Episode #16 is Timothy Lee, a computer scientist and journalist who founded and runs understandingai.org. Tim has written about AI risk many times, including these two recent essays: https://www.understandingai.org/p/why-im-not-afraid-of-superintelligent https://www.understandingai.org/p/why-im-not-worried-about-ai-taking Tim was not prepared to discuss this work, which is when things started to get off the rails. 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.