{"podcast":{"title":"Doom Debates!","slug":"doom-debates-6934136","podcast_index_feed_id":6934136,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1777870.rss","website_url":"https://lironshapira.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1777870/10d5e21d47152740410de1f6441ce8bb.jpg","author":"Liron Shapira","episode_count":177,"summary":"AI debates that must be resolved before the world ends","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T10:18:31.431328+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doom-debates-6934136"},"episode":{"title":"Will AI Actually Destroy Humanity? Liron vs 9 Rationalists at LessOnline 2026","slug":"will-ai-actually-destroy-humanity-liron-vs-9-rationalists-at-lessonline-2026","published_at":"2026-06-19T08:47:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doom-debates-6934136/will-ai-actually-destroy-humanity-liron-vs-9-rationalists-at-lessonline-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doom-debates-6934136","url":"https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/will-ai-actually-destroy-humanity","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202683561/48d26037d40d70ddd8862fbc116d685b.mp3","summary":"Doom Debates presents an interactive debate using Jubilee’s popular “Surrounded” format, taped live at LessOnline 2026! I (Liron) claim AI will likely doom us to extinction because: * Godlike ASI is coming soon * We won’t align the first ASIs * Even with aligned ASI, the equilibrium is lethal LessOnline attendees challenge me on each sub-claim one debater at a time, with the audience voting on when to rotate. Recorded on June 6th in Berkeley, CA. Links LessOnline 2026, the conference where this was recorded — https://less.online AI 2027, the forecast referenced on timelines — https://ai-2027.com Robin Hanson on the “dream time” (the era of slack before resources tighten) — https://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/09/this-is-the-dream-time.html Join the Doom Debates Discord — https://discord.gg/j4zQ8UaQw2 Doom Debates’ Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate. Support the mission by subscribing to my Substack at DoomDebates.com and to youtube.com/@DoomDebates , or to really take things to the next level: Donate 🙏 Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Doom Debates presents an interactive debate using Jubilee’s popular “Surrounded” format, taped live at LessOnline 2026! I (Liron) claim AI will likely doo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2415,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doom-debates-6934136/episodes/will-ai-actually-destroy-humanity-liron-vs-9-rationalists-at-lessonline-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doom-debates-6934136/will-ai-actually-destroy-humanity-liron-vs-9-rationalists-at-lessonline-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}