#153 If Anyone Builds It, EVERYONE Dies - AI Expert on Superintelligence

26.04.2026 · 1 Std. 35 Min.

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Nate Soares is an American artificial intelligence author and researcher known for his work on existential risk from AI. In 2014, Soares co-authored a paper that introduced the term AI alignment, the challenge of making increasingly capable AI’s behave as intended. Nate is the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, a research nonprofit based in Berkeley, California.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Is This an Exaggeration?

(04:31) What Is Unique About the Threat of AI?

(11:28) What is Superintelligence?

(21:25) From Chess Computers to Murderous Machines

(27:52) What Really Drives AI Systems?

(44:29) Evidence AI Is Already Turning Against Us

(56:03) How We Are Helping AI Take Over

(01:01:21) Why Would AI Seek Power or Control?

(01:07:42) Some Worst-Case AI Scenarios

(01:18:38) What Do We Do About This Now?