Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All - Eliezer Yudkowsky - #1011
October 25, 2025
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Episode 1011 · October 25, 2025
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Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All - Eliezer Yudkowsky - #1011
Summary
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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