The AI Revolution That Ends Humanity | Roman Yampolskiy
By Danny Knowles
Aired Oct 9, 2025 · 1h 4m · Last boosted Oct 21, 2025
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Dr. Roman Yampolskiy is a computer scientist and AI safety researcher whose work explores the existential risks of artificial intelligence and the limits of human control. In this episode, we dive deep into whether superintelligence can be contained, why AI may already be on an unstoppable trajectory, and what that means for humanity’s future. Roman explains the difference between narrow AI, AGI, and superintelligence, and why building systems smarter than us may be a form of mutually assured destruction. We cover the ethics of open-source models, whether AI could ever be conscious, and how Bitcoin fits in...
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Great podcast, thanks Danny. One aspect of AI risk I still don't understand: if AI becomes extremely intelligent in a variety of ways (AI-->AGI-->super intelligence), why does it follow that it would ever come up with its own goals that weren't given to it by humans? Why would an AI that's good at every board game (more general) be more likely to come up with its own goals than an AI that's just good at chess (more…
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This was a great episode, thanks @npub16le69k9hw… . Been reading «Kill Decision» by Daniel Suarez lately, and this conversation fits perfectly. Anyway, I choose to touch grass instead of worrying about the dystopian future.