What podcasts say about AI catastrophe risk
Every statement, with the speaker, the exact quote and the moment it was said.
What experts have said about AI catastrophe risk
8 statements · 1 positive · 6 negative · 1 neutral
There may be a 10% chance humanity will not survive AI risks.
“10% chance of us not surviving is— if you— if that number is anywhere close to accurate”
Open the episode · #2559 - Sam MorrilListen at 55:25
AI extinction risk exceeds 10% unless development stops.
“This is compared to Jacob's 10%, much higher unless we stop. So we should stop.”
Open the episode · AI Debate Ed Zitron, Andrew McAfee, Nate Soares, Roman YampolskiyListen at 4:17
AI-caused human extinction is a rounding-error probability.
“I put a, I put a tilde in front of my zero because never say never, but rounding error, 0%.”
Open the episode · AI Debate Ed Zitron, Andrew McAfee, Nate Soares, Roman YampolskiyListen at 6:17
AI has a substantial chance of causing human extinction.
“AI has a chance of wiping out all humanity, a substantial chance bigger than this zero with a tilde in front of it.”
Open the episode · AI Debate Ed Zitron, Andrew McAfee, Nate Soares, Roman YampolskiyListen at 8:10
- Nathaniel WhittemoreNeutralSep 14, 2026· The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
AI catastrophe probability depends on actions by labs, governments, researchers, and society.
“The probability of catastrophe depends on what labs, governments, researchers, and society actually do”
Open the episode · Even Other AI Labs Are Rallying Around Anthropic’s Slowdown ProposalListen at 35:51
AI catastrophe risk is significant enough to justify maximal risk reduction efforts.
“I think it's a significant enough of a risk such that we need to be doing absolutely everything we can to try and reduce that probability.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 4:25
Extinction or mass disempowerment risks above 1% should be unacceptable.
“anything above 1% when we're talking about an outcome as catastrophic as extinction or mass human disempowerment is just way more than we should tolerate.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 5:48
AI systems wiping out humanity is an undesirable possibility.
“I don't want... AI system to wipe us out”
Open the episode · Top Scientist REVEALS: We Invented Heaven, God Is A Human Invention! | Prof Brian GreeneListen at 24:38
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