IS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD?! THE AI APOCALYPSE: WHAT’S TRUE, WHAT’S HYPE?
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What is the AI apocalypse warning and why are companies reluctant to slow down?
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Coming up on AI having to clue. We talk whistleblowers. Or the reaction to the biggest news week we've ever had in
AI. And is the end of the world nigh? That AI could kill all humans. There's more than a 10% chance of that happening in the next decade.
Why are you working on it then, mate? Why are you working for a company that could kill us all?
AI companies have broadly agreed that AI needs to slow down.
And we're not going to let that happen. Hello,
hello, and welcome to AI Having a Clue, brought to you with KPMG, the podcast where we unpack the wild world of AI. I'm George Butler, tech novice and human worried about my existence.
And I am James Chandler, AI enthusiast. And as a friend said to me this week, the Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen of large language models. And I think that's a bit unkind. Well, not based on the shirt you're wearing today. That's a shame. That's fashion, isn't it? Milan, Paris, New York. Can I just say you are all this, hello, hello, hello. You're particularly chipper given, you know, the sort of end is nigh and the world's going to end thanks to AI. What's going on, George Butler? What
a week it has been in the world of AI. I'm chipper now. Are you all right? Are you okay? I'm chipper now. Give me five minutes once we start getting into this. Let me tell you, James, I ain't going to be chipper for long. Goodness, what a week. What
a
week.
Have we missed anything over the last week? Anything going on in the world? It's either the best thing in the world that could happen if you do a weekly podcast on AI, or we've got about two more episodes left in us. It's really spinning the barrel of a gun, isn't it? Yeah, bonkers, frenetic. I mean, we talk about it all the time. There's so much news. I mean, there is really one story that's dominated this week. And if you've been under a rock and you've missed it, we're going to try and unpack it all for you. This is the gift that just keeps giving. You know, if I lift a little bit of insight into the AI Having a Clue WhatsApp group, it's like even just before we started recording this, you were sending me
something else. It's like, oh, so-and-so's now said this. This is going to roll and roll and roll. It's incredible. I think this
is, you know, just under two years we've been doing this show. We have seen a real jump in the kind of the coverage in quote unquote mainstream media that this technology is getting. But this is the first week where it's been like front and center all week long. Presidents, prime ministers, celebrities, tech people. entrepreneurs it doesn't you know everyone's been at it and this has been it's been it's been a whirlwind week we're going to break down all the latest news we're also going to do your big thing this week we've got a listener question coming up as well but i've got to get something off my chest james before we start because we're going to get into this story which all kicked off uh after you know the latest sort of whistleblower uh made this bold claim about the fact that
maybe AI is going to actually end the world. And we're going to unpack it all. But before we do, I just have a slight issue with these whistleblowers. Because you're getting people say how brave they are and, oh, you know, so good of them. Is it so good of them that they're now appearing on CNN as like the saviors of humankind? Talking about how bad this AI tech is, how it's going to be the Terminator and finish us all off. Well, why did you build it then? Why, like, three weeks ago, were you tapping away on your keyboard, making this thing as bad as it now is? You are part of this mess. Do not pretend that you are some sort of saviour
here,
because you are building the bloody things that you're now saying is going to kill off human beings.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the AI apocalypse warning and why are companies reluctant to slow down?
0:00–4:41
2
Who is Jacob Coxon and what did his whistle‑blowing post reveal about AI risk?
4:41–10:59
3
How are AI leaders like Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk responding to the 10% extinction risk?
10:59–18:16
4
What role are politicians (e.g., Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz) playing in the AI safety debate?
18:16–24:47
5
How is the NHS planning to regulate AI in healthcare and protect patients?
24:47–31:49
6
What are the latest improvements to Siri and why do they matter for everyday users?
31:49–42:06
7
What does the listener question about banning risky human tasks reveal about AI’s future role?
42:06–43:25
8
What are the key takeaways and next steps for AI governance and industry action?
43:25–44:53
Speakers
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