Episode

If They Build Super-Intelligent AI, Will We All Die?

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The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast
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Oct 24, 2025
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1760
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Summary

This broadcast features the first half hour of an interview with Nate Soares, executive director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), conducted by Alice Horrigan and Jim Motavalli on October 16, 2025 and aired on WPKN-FM. The conversation explores the safety limits of current AI engineering and the broader implications for humanity’s future. For the full hour, watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/u-22jwE4GZU . Also, read Alice Horrigan’s accompanying book review in The Berkshire Edge : “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: When the AI Engineers Are in Over Their Heads”