
Episode #41 “David Brooks: Dead Wrong on AI” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast
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In Episode #41, host John Sherman begins with a personal message to David Brooks of the New York Times. Brooks wrote an article titled “Many People Fear AI: They Shouldn’t”–and in full candor it pissed John off quite much. During this episode, John and Doom Debates host Liron Shapira go line by line through David Brooks’s 7/31/24 piece in the New York Times.
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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.
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