For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast

In Episode #41, host John Sherman begins with a personal message to David Brooks of the New York Times. Brooks wrote an article titled “Many People Fear AI: They Shouldn’t”–and in full candor it pissed John off quite much. During this episode, John and Doom Debates host Liron Shapira go line by line through David Brooks’s 7/31/24 piece in the New York Times. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For...

In Episode #41 TRAILER, host John Sherman previews the full show with a personal message to David Brooks of the New York Times. Brooks wrote something–and in full candor it pissed John off quite much. During the full episode, John and Doom Debates host Liron Shapira go line by line through David Brooks’s 7/31/24 piece in the New York Times. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://w...

In Episode #39, host John Sherman talks with Matthew Taber, Founder, advocate and expert in AI-risk legislation. The conversation starts ut with the various state AI laws that are coming up and moves into the shifting political landscape around AI-risk legislation in America in July 2024. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN:...

In Episode #39 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Matthew Taber, Founder, advocate and expert in AI-risk legislation. The conversation addresses the shifting political landscape around AI-risk legislation in America in July 2024. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journal...

In Episode #38 TRAILER, host John Sherman talks with Maxime Fournes, Founder, Pause AI France. With the third AI “Safety” Summit coming up in Paris in February 2025, we examine France’s role in AI safety, revealing France to be among the very worst when it comes to taking AI risk seriously. How deep is madman Yan Lecun’s influence in French society and government? And would France even join an int...

In Episode #37, host John Sherman talks with writer Peter Biles. Peter is a Christian who often writes from that perspective. He is a prolific fiction writer and has written stories and essays for a variety of publications. He was born and raised in Ada, Oklahoma and is a contributing writer and editor for Mind Matters. The conversation centers on the intersection between Christianity and AGI, que...

In Episode #37 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with writer Peter Biles. Peter is a Christian who often writes from that perspective. He is a prolific fiction writer and has written stories and essays for a variety of publications. He was born and raised in Ada, Oklahoma and is a contributing writer and editor for Mind Matters. The conversation centers on the intersection between Christianity and...

In Episode #36, host John Sherman talks with Jeremie and Eduard Harris, CEO and CTO of Gladstone AI. Gladstone AI is the private company working most closely with the US government on assessing AI risk. The Gladstone Report, published in February, was the first public acknowledgment of AI risk reality by the US government in any way. These are two very important people doing incredibly important w...

In Episode #36 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Jeremie and Eduard Harris, CEO and CTO of Gladstone AI. Gladstone AI is the private company working most closely with the US government on assessing AI risk. The Gladstone Report, published in February, was the first public acknowledgment of AI risk reality by the US government in any way. These are two very important people doing incredibly imp...

In Episode #35  host John Sherman talks with Jeremie and Eduard Harris, CEO and CTO of Gladstone AI. Gladstone AI is the private company working most closely with the US government on assessing AI risk. The Gladstone Report, published in February, was the first public acknowledgment of AI risk reality by the US government in any way. These are two very important people doing incredibly important w...

In Episode #35 TRAILER:, host John Sherman talks with Jeremie and Eduard Harris, CEO and CTO of Gladstone AI. Gladstone AI is the private company working most closely with the US government on assessing AI risk. The Gladstone Report, published in February, was the first public acknowledgment of AI risk reality by the US government in any way. These are two very important people doing incredibly im...

In Episode #34, host John Sherman talks with Charbel-Raphaël Segerie , Executive Director, Centre pour la sécurité de l'IA. Among the very important topics covered: autonomous AI self replication, the potential for warning shots to go unnoticed due to a public and journalist class that are uneducated on AI risk, and the potential for a disastrous Yan Lecunnification of the upcoming February 20...

In Episode #34, host John Sherman talks with Charbel-Raphaël Segerie , Executive Director, Centre pour la sécurité de l'IA. Among the very important topics covered: autonomous AI self replication, the potential for warning shots to go unnoticed due to a public and journalist class that are uneducated on AI risk, and the potential for a disastrous Yan Lecunnification of the upcoming February 20...

In episode 33, host John Sherman talks with Dustin Burham, who is a dad, an anesthetist, an AI risk realist, and a podcast host himself about being a father while also understanding the realities of AI risk and the precarious moment we are living in. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opini...

In episode 33 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Dustin Burham, who is a dad, an anesthetist, an AI risk realist, and a podcast host himself about being a father while also understanding the realities of AI risk and the precarious moment we are living in. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast This podcast is not journalism. But it’s n...

Could humans and AGIs live in a state of mutual symbiosis, like the ecostsystem of a coral reef? (FULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT 00:23:21) Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast In episode 32, host John Sherman interviews BioComm AI CEO Peter Jensen. Peter is working on a number of AI-risk related projects. He believes it’s possible humans and...

Could humans and AGIs live in a state of mutual symbiosis, like the ecostsystem of a coral reef? Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast In episode 32, host John Sherman interviews BioComm AI CEO Peter Jensen. Peter is working on a number of AI-risk related projects. He believes it’s possible humans and AGIs can co-exist in mutual symbiosi...

In Episode #31 John Sherman interviews a 29-year-old American truck driver about his concerns over human extinction and artificial intelligence. They discuss the urgency of raising awareness about AI risks, the potential job displacement in industries like trucking, and the geopolitical implications of AI advancements. Leighton shares his plans to start a podcast and possibly use filmmaking to eng...

Episode #31 TRAILER  - “Trucker vs. AGI” For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast In Episode #31 TRAILER, John Sherman interviews a 29-year-old American truck driver about his concerns over human extinction and artificial intelligence. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is a lo...

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Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast In episode 30, John Sherman interviews Professor Olle Häggström on a wide range of AI risk topics. At the top of the list is the super-instability and the super-exodus from OpenAI’s super alignment team following the resignations of Jan Lieke and Ilya Sutskyver. This podcast is not journalism. But it...

Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast The world is waking up to the existential danger of unaligned AGI. But we are racing against time. Some heroes are stepping up, people like this week’s guest Chris Gerrby. Chris was successful in organizing people against AI in Sweden. In early May he left Sweden, moved to  England, and is now spendi...

Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast The world is waking up to the existential danger of unaligned AGI. But we are racing against time. Some heroes are stepping up, people like this week’s guest Chris Gerrby. Chris was successful in organizing people against AI in Sweden. In early May he left Sweden, moved to  England, and is now spendi...

Episode #28  - “AI Safety Equals Emergency Preparedness” For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast Full Interview Starts At: (00:09:54) Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast BIG IDEA ALERT: This week’s show has something really big and really new. What if AI Safety didn’t have to carve out a new space in government–what if it could fit into alr...

Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast BIG IDEA ALERT: This week’s show has something really big and really new. What if AI Safety didn’t have to carve out a new space in government–what if it could fit into already existing budgets. Emergency Preparedness–in the post 9-11 era–is a massively well funded area of federal and state governmen...