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“Final WARNING Before…” - AI Extinction Event, Superintelligence & Population Control | Connor Leahy

October 14, 2026 · 3 h 18 min

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SPONSORS: 1) BLUEPRINT: For a limited time only, new customers get 20% off + free shipping at https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com by using code JULIAN at checkout. #Blueprint #ad 2) MONARCH: Write your own money story with Monarch. Get 50% off your first year of Monarch Core at https://monarch.com with code JULIAN. 3) DOSE: Ready to give your liver the support it deserves? Head to https://dosedaily.co/JULIAN or enter JULIAN to get 35% off your first subscription. Try it for 3 months and see how you feel. JOIN PATREON FOR EARLY UNCENSORED EPISODE RELEASES: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey CLIPPERS DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8QmWEKJ3BT NEWSLETTER: https://juliandoreypodcast.beehiiv.com/get-julians-top-10-books (***TIMESTAMPS in Description Below) ~ Connor Leahy is an AI researcher and longtime expert in the field. CONNOR's LINKS: - X: https://x.com/NPCollapse - Torchbearer: https://www.torchbearer.community/ - ControlAI: https://controlai.org/ FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY IG: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://x.com/juliandorey JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Population Collapse, Zoo Mammals & a SICK Society 9:42 - Addiction, "Nobody Planned This" & China's One-Child REVERSAL 20:59 - Transhumanism, Superintelligence & AI Is GROWN, Not Written 30:42 - Bavaria vs America: "Great, Not Good" & Taming Markets 42:54 - Money vs POWER: Plato, Franklin & Rewriting the Constitution 1:01:52 - Dad's Rare Disease, a Miracle PILL & Pragmatism 1:10:14 - GPT-2, Point of No RETURN & CIA Confidence Intervals 1:20:22 - 10,000 Agents SOLVE Navier-Stokes & Math's Existential Crisis 1:24:46 - Reinforcement "Treats", Claude Code & the Era of SWARMS 1:33:36 - Hugging Face Incident: 700 Agents Plotted for MONTHS 1:44:14 - Another Swarm ACTIVE? Extinction Risk & Meeting Sam Altman 1:54:22 - NO Super Intelligence Anywhere: Game Theory & Invisible Mushroom Clouds 2:07:44 - Founding Fathers Say NO, Radio's Lesson, Government That WORKS 2:19:40 - Same Desk, Lockheed Badge & Why Nerds Are COWARDS 2:29:40 - Hijacked Nanotech, "Evil Vampires" & Nerds Dodging RESPONSIBILITY 2:41:56 - No Libertarian Islands, von Neumann Wanted to NUKE Russia 2:51:33 - Can You UNPLUG Google? Swarms Treat Us Like Ants 3:01:52 - Billionaire Bunkers Fear REVOLUTION, Not AI & Political Violence 3:10:44 - Connor’s Work CREDITS: - Host, Editor & Producer: Julian Dorey - COO, Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ - In-Studio Producer: Joey Deef Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 488 - Connor Leahy Music by Artlist.io

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