Krystal Ball

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44,786 appearances 237 recordings 6 series first heard May 2025 last heard 3d ago

Krystal Ball’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 236 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 37.

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar · 9/21/26: AI Nearly Starts China War, Diesel Prices Skyrocket, Ed Sheeran Mocked For Apology On Palestine · 21 Sep 2026 podcast

It can be a tool in the hands of the coder, of the scientist, of the people who, you know, would really benefit from this in terms of making these technological breakthroughs that would be very exciting for AI. voice-verified

I think that's a very important point because we're not saying you can't have this technology at all. voice-verified

We have to put it all back in the bottle, although there are probably some of my husband included who would say that's probably the way to come. voice-verified

Go, but you can have, you can sort of have your cake and eat it too. voice-verified

We don't have to go through down this path of recursive self-improvement. voice-verified

We don't have to go down this path of um fully embracing agentic AI. voice-verified

And so I think that's an important point. voice-verified

I said we're good, we'll talk a little bit about the wart of Obama. voice-verified

I mean, you can't help but look at this, and David Surda was making this point and go, okay, that's great and well and good. voice-verified

And this is again the pitfall of Obama so often. voice-verified

He is intelligent enough to understand it. voice-verified

He's in the circle. voice-verified

With all a lot of these tech guys, like, are you doing anything other than speaking on a stage at a university about this? voice-verified

Texas. voice-verified

If you genuinely take seriously, as I do, some of the more existential concerns about AI development and AI safety, um, what are you doing about it outside of just, you know, answering some questions from college students about? voice-verified

patrick. voice-verified

I know. voice-verified

I and I agree with all of that. voice-verified

But I will say, hearing this, I was like, oh my God, someone who's like actually. voice-verified

We had that as president. voice-verified

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