Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All - Eliezer Yudkowsky - #1011
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10/25/25
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Eliezer Yudkowsky is an AI researcher, decision theorist, and founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.
Is AI our greatest hope or our final mistake? For all its promise to revolutionize human life, there’s a growing fear that artificial intelligence could end it altogether. How grounded are these fears, how close are we to losing control, and is there still time to change course before it’s too late
Expect to learn the problem with building superhuman AI, why AI would have goals we haven’t programmed into it, if there is such a thing as Ai benevolence, what the actual goals of super-intelligent AI are and how far away it is, if LLMs are actually dangerous and their ability to become a super AI, how god we are at predicting the future of AI, if extinction if possible with the development of AI, and much more...
Timestamps:
(0:00) Superhuman AI Could Kill Us All
(10:25) How AI is Quietly Destroying Marriages
(15:22) AI is an Enemy, Not an Ally
(26:11) The Terrifying Truth About AI Alignment
(31:52) What Does Superintelligence Advancement Look Like?
(45:04) Are LLMs the Architect for Superhuman AI?
(52:18) How Close are We to the Point of No Return?
(01:01:07) Experts Need to be More Concerned
(01:15:01) How Can We Stop Superintelligence Killing Us?
(01:23:53) The Bleak Future of Superhuman AI
(01:31:55) Could Eliezer Be Wrong?
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Who Actually Runs the US Government? - Bernie Sanders - #1010
October 23, 2025
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Bernie Sanders is a US Senator, former presidential candidate, political activist and an author.
What happened to the Democratic Party? After a brutal defeat to Trump in 2024, the Left looks lost, divided, leaderless, and unsure of its future. Bernie Sanders breaks down what went wrong, how Democrats are trying to recover, and whether they’ve learned from their mistakes or are doubling down on them, repeating the very ideas that cost them the election.
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(8:35) Why Trump Needs to be Challenged
(14:03) Does Trump Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
(19:36) Can Democracy Be Bought?
(27:23) What Really Divides the American People?
(32:12) Can Billionaires Improve the Way We Live?
(49:51) Have Democrats Turned Their Backs on Economic Issues?
(58:37) Democrats Need to Start Talking About Men’s Issues
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Is Being Smart Worth the Depression? - Alex O’Connor & Joe Folley - #1012
October 27, 2025
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Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster.
Joe Folley is a philosopher, writer, and host of the Unsolicited Advice YouTube channel.
Philosophy has spent thousands of years trying to teach us how to live well. But the deeper you go, the darker it gets. So what’s the point? What can we take from all that heaviness, and how do we find beauty in the darkness to make our own lives better?
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