12 Ways AI Ends the Human Era

99.9% of every species that ever existed is extinct. This week, we explore Max Tegmark’s twelve AI future scenarios and ask how artificial superintelligence, failed alignment, surveillance, automation, and human self-destruction could bring the human era to an end. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE MIT Explains the 12 Possible Endings for AI | YouTube Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark AI Aftermath Scenarios — Future of Life Institute What does AI do when no one is watching? | YouTube Statement on AI Risk — Center for AI Safety 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash | Wikipedia Vasily Arkhipov | Wikipedia The Underwater Cuban Missile Crisis at 60 | National Security Archive Stanislav Petrov | Wikipedia 1983 Soviet Nuclear False Alarm Incident | Wikipedia PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website:UpAgainstReality.com Episode link:https://upagainstreality.com/2026/05/19/12-ways-ai-ends-the-human-era/ Apple Podcasts:podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654 Spotify:open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170 RSS:upagainstreality.com/feed/podcast Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/upagainstreality

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