"How Artificial Superintelligence Might Wipe Out Our Entire Species with Nate Soares" | TGS 203

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tjOzQne1LY

The presentation for this episode follows. And I love the metaphor of we being forcefully onboarded on a plane with no landing gear, and being promised that the engineers will find out a way to build one while on flight. Also, we're being told that there's a 10%-20% chance that they'll fail the attempt. But hey, we get the opportunity to fly!

> Technological development has always been a double-edged sword for humanity: the printing press increased the spread of misinformation, cars disrupted the fabric of our cities, and social media has made us increasingly polarized and lonely. But it has not been since the invention of the nuclear bomb that technology has presented such a severe existential risk to humanity – until now, with the possibility of Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) on the horizon. Were ASI to come to fruition, it would be so powerful that it would outcompete human beings in everything – from scientific discovery to strategic warfare. What might happen to our species if we reach this point of singularity, and how can we steer away from the worst outcomes?

> In this episode, I’m joined by Nate Soares, an AI safety researcher and co-author of the book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All. Together, we discuss many aspects of AI and ASI, including the dangerous unpredictability of continued ASI development, the “alignment problem,” and the newest safety studies uncovering increasingly deceptive AI behavior. Soares also explores the need for global cooperation and oversight in AI development and the importance of public awareness and political action in addressing these existential risks.

> How does ASI present an entirely different level of risk than the conventional artificial intelligence models that the public has already become accustomed to? Why do the leaders of the AI industry persist in their pursuits, despite acknowledging the extinction-level risks presented by continued ASI development? And will we be able to join together to create global guardrails against this shared threat, taking one small step toward a better future for humanity?

#AI #ASI #ArtificialSuperIntelligence #AISafety #AIDangers #TGS #NateSoares #NateHagens

SciShow Is Lying to You about AI. Here are the receipts.

In this video, I debunk the recent SciShow episode hosted by Hank Green regarding Artificial Intelligence. I break down why the comparison between AI development and the Manhattan Project (Atomic Power) is factually incorrect. We also investigate the sponsor, Control AI, and expose how industry propaganda is shifting focus toward hypothetical extinction risks to distract from real-world issues like disinformation and regulatory accountability, and fact-check OpenAI’s claims about the International Math Olympiad and Anthropic’s AI Alignment bioweapon tests.

00:00 I wish this wasn’t happening

00:32 SciShow’s Lie Overview

01:58 Intro

02:15 Biggest Lie on the SciShow Video

04:44 Biggest Omission in the SciShow Video

05:56 The “Statement on AI” that SciShow Omits

08:57 Summary of Most Important Points

09:23 Claim about International Math Olympiad Medal

09:50 Misleading Example about AI Alignment

11:20 Downplaying “practical and visible” problems

11:53 Essay I debunked from Anthropic CEO

12:06 Video on Hank’s Personal Channel

12:31 A Plea for SciShow and others to do better

13:02 Wrap-up

https://piefed.social/c/fuck_ai/p/1509831/scishow-is-lying-to-you-about-ai-here-are-the-receipts

AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together
#Tech #AI #OpenAI #CharGPT #MentalHealth #Psychosis #Chatbots #AIChatbots #AIDangers #TechEthics #OnlineRisks #DigitalSafety #HumanMachineInteraction #TechAbuse #AIRegulation
https://the-14.com/ai-induced-psychosis-the-danger-of-humans-and-machines-hallucinating-together/

"The Loneliness Crisis, Cognitive Atrophy, and Other Personal Dangers of AI" | RR 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDyczqzjico

> (Conversation recorded on October 14th, 2025) Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence tend to center around the technology’s economic and large-scale impacts. Yet it’s at the individual level where we’re seeing AI’s most potent effects, and they may not be what you think. Even in the limited time that AI chatbots have been publicly available (like Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.), studies show that our increasing reliance on them wears down our ability to think and communicate effectively, and even erodes our capacity to nurture healthy attachments to others. In essence, AI is atrophying the skills that sit at the core of what it means to be human. Can we as a society pause to consider the risks this technology poses to our well-being, or will we keep barreling forward with its development until it’s too late?

> In this episode, Nate is joined by Nora Bateson and Zak Stein to explore the multifaceted ways that AI is designed to exploit our deepest social vulnerabilities, and the risks this poses to human relationships, cognition, and society. They emphasize the need for careful consideration of how technology shapes our lives and what it means for the future of human connection. Ultimately, they advocate for a deeper engagement with the embodied aspects of living alongside other people and nature as a way to counteract our increasingly digital world.

> What can we learn from past mass adaptation of technologies such as the invention of the world wide web or GPS when it comes to AI’s increasing presence in our lives? How does artificial intelligence expose and intensify the ways our culture is already eroding our mental health and capacity for human connection? And lastly, how might we imagine futures where technology magnifies the best sides of humanity – like creativity, cooperation, and care – rather than accelerating our most destructive instincts?

I know it's a YouTube video, but in such cases I recommend making an exception and watching them. I think these kind of conversations should happen mucho more, and be much more public, but of course, companies like Google are not at all interested in that, all the contrary. Nate Hagens continues to bring such an amazing array of diverse and interesting people (interesting because I think they bring very important messages, from many fields of knowledge and wisdom).

#TheGreatSimplification #RealityRoundtable #AI #AIDangers #NateHagens #NoraBateson #ZackStein #Collapse