#210 — The Logic of Doomsday

Sam Harris speaks with Anne Applebaum about corruption, authoritarianism, and America's retreat from the world. They discuss her Atlantic cover story, the revolutionary project behind Trump's second term, US support for Europe's far right, the AfD, European rearmament, the state ...  Show more

Sam Harris speaks with Ryan Greenblatt about AI misalignment and the risk of losing control of increasingly capable systems. They discuss the Hugging Face incident, the spectrum of concern about AI risk, why companies are racing ahead despite high odds of a, reward hacking, the d ...  Show more

In this intense episode, Patrick Bet-David is joined by Adam Sosnick and Dr. Peter Pry to discuss the possibility of world war, possible nuclear threats, the Ukraine conflict and more.

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Harvard mathematician and podcaster Dr Eric Weinstein joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to discuss the threat of nuclear weapons, Artificial Intelligence, Putin and the Ukraine War, America's "grand strategy and more." YouTube: @PiersMorganUncensored X: @PiersUncensored TikTok: @pier ...  Show more

Sam Harris speaks with Nick Bostrom about the problem of existential risk. They discuss public goods, moral illusions, the asymmetry between happiness and suffering, utilitarianism, “the vulnerable world hypothesis,” the history of nuclear deterrence, the possible need for “turnk ...  Show more

Much of our discussions about nuclear weapons focus on Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, or the Cold War. But what does the current nuclear age really look like? Sarah Scoles joins Heather Williams to discuss her book “Countdown” and share first hand reporting on the scientists ...  Show more