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EPISODE · Oct 19, 2026 · 48 MIN

Will Artificial Intelligence Destroy Humanity?

from Professor Dave Explains · host Professor Dave Explains

With ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, and so many other models, AI, or artificial intelligence, is on the rise. It's everywhere, and it will only become more ubiquitous with time. What does this mean for humans? Beyond the economic concerns of AI replacing many or even most jobs, is AI a threat to human survival? Many scholars say that AI is an existential threat on the level of climate change or nuclear war. Why do they think this and what can we do about it? Is the AI industry doing anything about it? In this piece we will go over all of these questions and more, so watch as though our lives depend on it, because they might!Contact your lawmakers about AI risk today: https://controlai.com/take-action/usaCIAS statement on AI risk: https://aistatement.com/Anthropic research on agentic misalignment: https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignmentWatch my other debunks/debates/discussions: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveDebunkEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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