Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Robert Wright and ControlAI founder and CEO Andrea Miotti discuss the dynamics propelling us toward artificial superintelligence and how we can keep control of our future.
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0:00 Teaser
1:07 Defining (and preventing) superintelligence
6:39 Where the nuclear analogy holds (and where it breaks)
11:17 Imagining an AI inspections regime
15:35 The superintelligence precursors to watch for
19:20 Our dangerous lack of government oversight
26:38 ControlAI's "bottom-up" approach to AI policy
30:53 The mounting geopolitical challenges to AI governance
47:57 Heading into Overtime
Discussed in Overtime:
Why the big AI labs are so irresponsible.
Innovation in atoms vs bits.
Successionism in Silicon Valley.
Self-reinforcing race dynamics.
Anthropic's propaganda machine.
Nihilism as our enemy.
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Andrea Miotti (ControlAI). Recorded March 17, 2026.
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
Robert Wright and ControlAI founder and CEO Andrea Miotti discuss the dynamics propelling us toward artificial superintelligence and how we can keep control of our future.
Introducing the NonZero Network: nonzero.org/p/announcing-the-nonzero-network
Exclusive Overtime discussion: nonzero.org/p/averting-a-superintelligence-takeover
Join NonZero's Discord server: discord.gg/Zy4jAhTQMF
Subscribe to The NonZero Newsletter at: nonzero.org/subscribe
0:00 Teaser
1:07 Defining (and preventing) superintelligence
6:39 Where the nuclear analogy holds (and where it breaks)
11:17 Imagining an AI inspections regime
15:35 The superintelligence precursors to watch for
19:20 Our dangerous lack of government oversight
26:38 ControlAI's "bottom-up" approach to AI policy
30:53 The mounting geopolitical challenges to AI governance
47:57 Heading into Overtime
Discussed in Overtime:
Why the big AI labs are so irresponsible.
Innovation in atoms vs bits.
Successionism in Silicon Valley.
Self-reinforcing race dynamics.
Anthropic's propaganda machine.
Nihilism as our enemy.
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Andrea Miotti (ControlAI). Recorded March 17, 2026.
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
