Neil Freiman

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19,544 appearances 109 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 6d ago

Neil Freiman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Morning Brew Daily · Will AI Actually Kill Us All? & It’s True–Online Returns Are Getting Harder · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

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If the end is nigh, I'd like to know how it's gonna happen. voice-verified

So my first question was: okay, there's a 10% probability, according to this guy, that AI will kill us all within 10 years. voice-verified

How is AI going to kill us all exactly? voice-verified

Experts generally converge on two different ways this could happen. voice-verified

This is an interesting job for people to theorize about this, but number one is humans weaponizing extremely powerful. voice-verified

AI, so think about maybe Oppenheimer 2.0. voice-verified

The second is that we lose control of AI and become super powerful. voice-verified

And ultimately, the goals that AI is trying to pursue are at odds with human civilization. voice-verified

So they have to wipe us out to pursue and accomplish this particular goal. voice-verified

A famous thought experiment is called the paperclip experiment, and it's basically when a super intelligent voice-verified

AI is instructed to maximize paperclip production. voice-verified

So their goal that they have to pursue is make the most paperclips as possible. voice-verified

And so what they do ultimately is turn every single piece of matter onto Earth on Earth, including humans, into paperclips. voice-verified

Now, obviously, probably that's not gonna happen. voice-verified

I don't want to live life as a paperclip, but that is just one way that uh AI misalignment with human civilization. voice-verified

Well, if you say that and I'm in Washington, DC, and I'm someone with power, you know, am I going to do anything about this? voice-verified

There's really no federal regulation around AI, but that just maybe got a kick in the butt this week. voice-verified

You have a lot of senators, congressmen, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle saying, Whoa, whoa, maybe should we should start paying attention to this. voice-verified

We heard from Ted Cruz earlier. voice-verified

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