# We're Building Our Executioner: Why Big Tech Won't Stop the AI Suicide Race Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/we-re-building-our-executioner-why-big-tech-won-t-stop-the-ai-suicide-race Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/we-re-building-our-executioner-why-big-tech-won-t-stop-the-ai-suicide-race.md Podcast: [Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021) Published: 2026-06-07T14:05:02+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-re-building-our-executioner-why-big-tech-won-t-stop-the-ai-suicide-race--72301626 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72301626/we_re_building_our_executioner_why_big_tech_won_t_stop_the_ai_suicide_race1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/episodes/we-re-building-our-executioner-why-big-tech-won-t-stop-the-ai-suicide-race Duration seconds: 2635 ## Resource Are we building our own replacements, or just the ultimate tool? ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’€ If you think the AI revolution is all about convenience and productivity, physicist Anthony Aguirre has a chilling reality check that will change how you look at your smartphone forever. In this episode, we react to the viral 'This is the World' discussion where Aguirre exposes the 'suicide race' toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). While tech giants and superpowers battle for dominance, are we accidentally creating psychopathic AI systems that lack human values? Here is what we are diving into: ๐Ÿšฉ The AGI Suicide Race: Why corporate and geopolitical pressure is forcing us to build tech we can't control. ๐Ÿง  Psychopathic Algorithms: The danger of superintelligence without transparent, human-aligned goals. ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools vs. Agents: Why the future of AI safety depends on shifting from autonomous agents to human-centric tools . โš–๏ธ The Liability Solution: How assurance contracts and regulation can stop the 'race to the bottom' and ensure human control . Is it too late to pivot, or is the superintelligence alignment problem already out of our hands? We explore why Aguirre believes we are currently on a path toward human replacement and why we must urgently establish regulatory frameworks to ensure technology remains in service to our species. This isn't just a tech talk; it's a survival guide for the 21st century. ๐ŸŒโœจ ๐Ÿ“ข Join the conversation! Do you trust big tech firms to regulate themselves, or is it time for the government to step in? Share this episode with a friend who thinks AI is 'just a chatbot' and letโ€™s get the world talking about the future of humanity . ๐Ÿ‘‰ Subscribe now to stay ahead of the curve and hit that notification bell for more deep dives into the tech that is shaping our world! #AISafetyโ€ฆ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/episodes/we-re-building-our-executioner-why-big-tech-won-t-stop-the-ai-suicide-race/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrilling-threads-conspiracy-theories-strange-phenomena-true-crime-unsolved-mysteries-etc-6679021/we-re-building-our-executioner-why-big-tech-won-t-stop-the-ai-suicide-race.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.