AI Expert on Robot Girlfriends, If Humanity Is Cooked, & Sam Altman's God Fetish | Roman Yampolskiy

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YERRR – the boys go full Skynet. AI expert Roman Yampolskiy explains why the UN’s ignoring AI safety, how Sam Altman’s “God complex” might get us all killed, whether we can actually unplug AI, and what happens when AI takes our jobs.

All that and more on this special bonus episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE.

00:00 Is the UN taking AI safety seriously?

01:17 Roman Yampolskiy explains the global AI arms race

03:33 What happens when AI surpasses human intelligence

05:08 The terrifying AI timeline

06:20 Tools to agents: AGI vs. Super Intelligence

07:40 Can AI make good art or tell a funny joke?

09:45 Why we still crave human creativity

12:45 Robots & Humanoids

13:50 The coming of mass unemployment

15:16 Will productivity save us or will AI just replace everyone?

19:11 Best vs. worst case

22:30 Why unplugging AI won’t work

26:25 Super intelligence & why alignment is impossible

33:10 Global treaties, nukes, and the illusion of control

36:05 Could anyone survive by going off-grid?

38:11 Consciousness, empathy, and why AI be benevolent

46:30 Living with inevitability: “Enjoy your life anyway.”

57:15 Neuralink, simulation theory & merging with machines

1:00:15 Movies that get AI right

1:01:53 Are we already in a simulation?

1:09:02 How Roman finds happiness in life

1:15:00 Is any job is safe?

1:18:20 Global AI arms race

1:23:45 Sam Altman's God Complex

1:28:00 The probability of AI apocalypse

1:31:11 Final thoughts & saying "Thank You" to AI

1:37:58 The funniest joke AI ever made

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