{"podcast":{"title":"For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast","slug":"for-humanity-an-ai-risk-podcast-6669100","podcast_index_feed_id":6669100,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/5979336/s/261561.rss","website_url":"https://theairisknetwork.substack.com/s/for-humanity-an-ai-risk-podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/5979336/s/261561/54666450f7ec2d2c5e41bf6e2b3f9036.jpg","author":"The AI Risk Network","episode_count":125,"summary":"For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast is the the AI Safety Podcast for regular people. Peabody, duPont-Columbia and multi-Emmy Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2-10 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll name and meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T14:18:16.201317+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/for-humanity-an-ai-risk-podcast-6669100"},"episode":{"title":"We Debated the Future of AI Safety in Brussels — Here's What Happened","slug":"we-debated-the-future-of-ai-safety-in-brussels-here-s-what-happened","published_at":"2026-03-15T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/for-humanity-an-ai-risk-podcast-6669100/we-debated-the-future-of-ai-safety-in-brussels-here-s-what-happened","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/for-humanity-an-ai-risk-podcast-6669100","url":"https://theairisknetwork.substack.com/p/fhp-81","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190973799/23ab75b4e1604556157e0c8234e8f662.mp3","summary":"In this episode of For Humanity, John travels to Brussels, Belgium for PauseCon — the global gathering of Pause AI volunteers and advocates — joined by board member and author Louis Berman and filmmaker Beau Kershaw. The goal: train activists to be more effective in the fight against AI risk. What unfolded was one of the most honest conversations in the AI safety movement about why, despite 80% public support, almost nobody is actually showing up. John didn’t pull punches. Nothing is working. Not fast enough. Not at the scale we need. But the energy is out there — and this episode is about where to find it and how to channel it. The centerpiece is a live debate between John and Max Winga of Control AI on one of the most divisive strategic questions in the movement: Should we talk about extinction risk directly — or meet people where they are with the harms happening right now? Together, they explore: * Why 80% public support hasn’t translated into mass mobilization * The case for leading with existential risk vs. “mundane” AI harms * Data centers, community opposition, and financial pain as a strategy * Why John believes laws and treaties alone won’t save us * The winning state: making unsafe AI bad for business * What’s actually moving the needle in the US right now * How to talk to someone about AI risk without losing them * The “yes and” approach vs. the AI safety world’s love of “no but” If you've ever wondered why the AI safety movement struggles to break through despite overwhelming public agreement — this episode is required viewing. 📺 Subscribe to The AI Risk Network for weekly conversations on how we can confront the AI extinction threat. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theai…","meta_description":"In this episode of For Humanity, John travels to Brussels, Belgium for PauseCon — the global gathering of Pause AI volunteers and advocates — joined by bo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6058,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/for-humanity-an-ai-risk-podcast-6669100/episodes/we-debated-the-future-of-ai-safety-in-brussels-here-s-what-happened/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/for-humanity-an-ai-risk-podcast-6669100/we-debated-the-future-of-ai-safety-in-brussels-here-s-what-happened.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}