will.i.am | Club Random with Bill Maher

will.i.am | Club Random with Bill Maher

From Club Random with Bill Maher by Bill Maher

May 18, 2026 · 1h 18m · Episode 222

About this episode

Bill Maher and will.i.am discuss AI, creativity, and the future of humanity in a wide-ranging conversation.

Bill Maher sits down with Black Eyed Peas frontman and tech innovator will.i.am for a wildly unpredictable conversation about AI, creativity, and the future of humanity. From teaching AI and “agentic systems” at ASU to debating hallucinating chatbots and whether aliens are already here, will.i.am challenges Bill’s fears about technology while admitting the next decade could get chaotic if humans don’t become more humane. The two also get into cancel culture, why the Black Eyed Peas pulled “Let’s Get Retarded” from streaming platforms, China vs. America, and generational anxiety. Will also opens up about the panic attack that changed his life after smoking weed in 1993 and why education, not outrage, is the real solution to inequality. Support our Advertisers: Bugs hate to see you coming with Pestie. Go to https://pestie.com/RANDOM for 10% off your order. Subscribe to the Club Random YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast?sub_confirmation=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch episodes ad-free – subscribe to Bill Maher’s Substack…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Maher

Guest: will.i.am

Topics covered

  • AI
  • creativity
  • technology
  • cancel culture
  • inequality
  • generational anxiety

Keywords

  • AI
  • creativity
  • Black Eyed Peas
  • cancel culture
  • inequality
  • generational anxiety
  • technology

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Organizations: Black Eyed Peas, ASU, China, America

Products: Pestie

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