For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast

We’re Racing Toward AI We Can’t Control | For Humanity #79


Listen Later

In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down with AI professor and safety advocate David Krueger to discuss his new nonprofit Evitable, the race toward superintelligence, AI alignment, job loss, geopolitics, and why he believes we have less than five years to change course.David shares his journey from deep learning researcher to public advocate, his role in the 2023 Center for AI Safety extinction risk statement, and why he believes AI is not just a technical problem—but a governance and public awareness crisis.

Together, they explore:

* Why AI extinction risk is real

* Why research alone won’t save us

* The dangers of the AI chip supply chain race

* Job displacement and political blind spots

* Alignment skepticism

* Whether treaties can work

* What gives David hope in 2026

If you’ve ever wondered whether AI risk is overblown—or not taken seriously enough—this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

🔗 Follow David KruegerLearn more about EvitableDavid’s SubstackFollow David on Twitter

📺 Subscribe to The AI Risk Network for weekly conversations on how we can confront the AI extinction threat.



Get full access to The AI Risk Network at theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

For Humanity: An AI Risk PodcastBy The AI Risk Network

  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4

4.4

9 ratings


More shows like For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,933 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,953 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,529 Listeners

Pod Save America by Pod Save America

Pod Save America

87,912 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

113,035 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,821 Listeners

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat by New York Times Opinion

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

7,293 Listeners

Your Undivided Attention by The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, Daniel Barcay and Aza Raskin

Your Undivided Attention

1,619 Listeners

Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) by Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

99 Listeners

Hard Fork by The New York Times

Hard Fork

5,555 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,446 Listeners

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis by Nathaniel Whittemore

The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

668 Listeners

The Trajectory by Daniel Faggella

The Trajectory

6 Listeners

Doom Debates by Liron Shapira

Doom Debates

14 Listeners

The Last Invention by Longview

The Last Invention

1,166 Listeners