We're All Going To Die!

Can Pope Leo Disarm AI?

Pope Leo XIV has entered the AI debate with a blunt challenge: artificial intelligence needs to be “disarmed.” Mike Oreskes and Edie Lush unpack Magnifica Humanitas with Fordham president Tania Tetlow, exploring AI, war, Silicon Valley power, colonialism, conscience, and why the humanities may matter as much as engineering in deciding who this technology serves. 00:00 Cold open: “AI needs to be disarmed” 01:07 Welcome to We’re All Gonna Die 03:06 Tania Tetlow joins the conversation 06:00 What Magnifica Humanitas means 09:52 Silicon Valley, Babel, and technological hubris 15:35 Who Pope Leo is and why his voice matters 17:53 Chris Olah on why AI labs need outside critics 25:50 Listening to people left out of AI decisions 27:35 AI, colonialism, data, and the Global South 33:24 Why the Industrial Revolution frame matters 39:35 Closing: every person is unique and irreplaceable ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Klaus Schwab and the End of the World He Built

Mike Oreskes and Edie Lush talk with World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab about the shift from globalization to the “intelligent age.” Schwab reflects on AI, public trust, political backlash, the fear of losing control, and why technology’s future cannot be left only to companies, governments, or algorithms. A conversation about power, speed, responsibility, and how humanity can still choose what comes next. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

What Stuart Russell Couldn't Say At The Musk vs. OpenAI Trial

In the pilot episode of We’re All Gonna Die, Mike Oreskes and Edie Lush speak with AI pioneer Stuart Russell about the race toward artificial general intelligence, why he compares it to an arms race, and why he believes today’s AI companies are taking risks on behalf of everyone else. The conversation moves from Musk v. OpenAI and existential risk to regulation, “safe by design” AI, public pressure, and the urgent question of whether humanity can slow down long enough to stay in control. Chapters 00:00 Opening: Musk v. OpenAI and the AI safety warning 02:15 Meet Stuart Russell 02:58 The AGI arms race 04:35 The “six guys in an elevator” problem 09:50 How close are we to the edge? 13:21 Companies, governments, and the control problem 15:17 What would an AI Chernobyl look like? 20:23 Amazon, Alexa, and mocking AI risk 23:30 Why regulation does not have to kill innovation 28:02 Why “just unplug it” is not enough 31:18 What governments can do now 33:34 Where Stuart Russell sees hope 35:47 Safe-by-design AI 38:38 What listeners can do 41:21 Why this podcast exists 44:34 Slow down, think it through ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.