David Pearce
speaker
14,403 appearances
52 recordings
4 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 24 Aug
David Pearce’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 52 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 20.
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How does this make you feel, Neil?
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Yeah, you're you're describing software, not the the future of humanity.
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I will say th I find this much more palatable than the idea that Sam Altman tweeted a while ago about the personalized podcast that'll tell your kid about the day that they're gonna have in the car on the way to school, which I find I mean truly like ten out of ten dystopian.
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That like don't talk to your kid about the day.
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Have it play their personalized podcast instead.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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Anyway, next one.
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We talked about this a little bit already, but uh here's how he leads into his lawyer example.
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People in institutions with competing interests naturally check and balance each other to lead toward positive outcomes.
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The best and most realistic path to building a positive AI future is by delivering superintelligence to everyone.
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I will tell you, I have thought a lot about the idea that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, in the context of the way a lot of people are talking about AI.
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And it is, I mean, that it that's Zuckerberg's entire argument.
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That's not even a disingenuous reading of the argument.
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That is the argument.
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Yeah that if if you have AI,
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The only way to defeat you is if I have AI.
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Like literally, okay.
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I I'm just I will I will use Mark Zuckerberg's words to prove my point.
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