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Sam might build a nothingburger so tasty it destroys the Earth
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house - blog post
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Émile P. Torres: xriskology.com
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Statement by the San Francisco Police Department https://x.com/SFPD/status/2042651827905380461
Here is a photo of my family blog.samaltman.com/2279512
Sam Altman May Control Our Future — Can He Be Trusted? newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All amzn.to/3Q6Xafn (UK) amzn.to/4tKQPoq (US)
Roko’s basilisk rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk
OpenAI built a text generator so good, it’s considered too dangerous to release techcrunch.com/2019/02/17/openai-text-generator-dangerous
SFPD Arrests Suspects involved in Shooting #26-044 sanfranciscopolice.org/news/sfpd-arrests-suspects-involved-shooting-26-044
Previously on Pivot to AI:
OpenAI’s Strawberry will turn you into paperclips any day now pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/13/openais-strawberry-will-turn-you-into-paperclips-any-day-now
Sam Altman: The superintelligent AI is coming in just ‘a few thousand days’! Maybe pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/25/sam-altman-the-superintelligent-ai-is-coming-in-just-a-few-thousand-days-maybe
AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god
video: youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI fights the evil scheming AI! — which doesn’t exist yet pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/openai-fights-the-evil-scheming-ai-which-doesnt-exist-yet
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Sam might build a nothingburger so tasty it destroys the Earth
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/13/ai-doomsday-cultist-throws-molotov-at-sam-altmans-house - blog post
Patreon: patreon.com/davidgerard
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/A1529D5
Buy us useful things: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6
Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com
Send in your story tips: dgerard@gmail.com
Émile P. Torres: xriskology.com
Sources:
Statement by the San Francisco Police Department https://x.com/SFPD/status/2042651827905380461
Here is a photo of my family blog.samaltman.com/2279512
Sam Altman May Control Our Future — Can He Be Trusted? newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All amzn.to/3Q6Xafn (UK) amzn.to/4tKQPoq (US)
Roko’s basilisk rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk
OpenAI built a text generator so good, it’s considered too dangerous to release techcrunch.com/2019/02/17/openai-text-generator-dangerous
SFPD Arrests Suspects involved in Shooting #26-044 sanfranciscopolice.org/news/sfpd-arrests-suspects-involved-shooting-26-044
Previously on Pivot to AI:
OpenAI’s Strawberry will turn you into paperclips any day now pivot-to-ai.com/2024/07/13/openais-strawberry-will-turn-you-into-paperclips-any-day-now
Sam Altman: The superintelligent AI is coming in just ‘a few thousand days’! Maybe pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/25/sam-altman-the-superintelligent-ai-is-coming-in-just-a-few-thousand-days-maybe
AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god
video: youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
OpenAI fights the evil scheming AI! — which doesn’t exist yet pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/18/openai-fights-the-evil-scheming-ai-which-doesnt-exist-yet
video: youtube.com/watch?v=hZiy1L_vgE4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Full Pivot to AI playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Audio-only podcast: pivottoai.libsyn.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot-to-ai/id1844698298
Illustration: stock image by Studiostoks
