Preview: Are We Doomed? Ft. Ben Bradford

About this episode

Ben Bradford discusses the potential threats of AI and other catastrophic risks in a light-hearted manner.

Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/killthecomputer Is the world ending? "Are We Doomed?" is the animated, video podcast (NPR Network) exploring nukes, AI, climate change, pandemics, and angry hippos, sorting catastrophic risks from fantasy. Award-winning journalist Ben Bradford investigates history, science, and technology to separate legitimate threats from doomsday hysteria. Today Ben joins us for a conversation about AI and how it (probably) isn't going to kill us any time soon.Follow Are We Doomed wherever you get your podcasts, or doompod.com

People in this episode

Guest: Ben Bradford

Topics covered

• AI
• catastrophic risks
• climate change
• pandemics
• nuclear threats
• doomsday hysteria

Keywords

• AI
• climate change
• nuclear threats
• pandemics
• doomsday

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NPR Network, Are We Doomed, Patreon

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