Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Roman V. Yampolskiy is a computer scientist associate professor known for research on AI safety, cybersecurity, digital forensics, and the risks of advanced artificial intelligence. He has written extensively for both academic and public audiences, including books such as Artificial Superintelligence and AI Safety and Security.
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OUTLINE
00:00 - Doomsday AI scenario
05:50 - AI super intelligence will kill us
11:59 - Superintelligence is dangerously close
16:36 - Why quantum computers aren't a threat
18:36 - AI may already be conscious
29:07 - AI is technology of mutually assured destruction
38:30 - We're in a simulation (and we can hack it)
47:21 - AI will create simulated realities
51:04 - Arguments against simulation theory
52:45 - What's outside the simulation
59:47 - The AI meaning crisis
01:02:57 - Government slowing down AI
01:07:36 - The current leading nation of AI
01:12:13 - Merging humans with AI
01:19:27 - Keeping AI obedient
01:23:02 - How transhumanists plan to live forever
01:32:34 - How AI will change human evolution
01:37:34 - It is now impossible to identify AI-generated media
01:44:34 - Palantir + DOGE integration
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Roman V. Yampolskiy is a computer scientist associate professor known for research on AI safety, cybersecurity, digital forensics, and the risks of advanced artificial intelligence. He has written extensively for both academic and public audiences, including books such as Artificial Superintelligence and AI Safety and Security.
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amentara.com/go/dj - Use code DJP22 for 22% off your first order.
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EPISODE LINKS
@RomanYampolskiy
https://x.com/romanyam
*NEW* DJP MERCH
dannyjonespodcast.com
FOLLOW DANNY JONES
instagram.com/dannyjones
twitter.com/jonesdanny
LISTEN ON
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/4VTLG0HiIZaCjH9gE6NFPq
Apple - itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1441238966
OUTLINE
00:00 - Doomsday AI scenario
05:50 - AI super intelligence will kill us
11:59 - Superintelligence is dangerously close
16:36 - Why quantum computers aren't a threat
18:36 - AI may already be conscious
29:07 - AI is technology of mutually assured destruction
38:30 - We're in a simulation (and we can hack it)
47:21 - AI will create simulated realities
51:04 - Arguments against simulation theory
52:45 - What's outside the simulation
59:47 - The AI meaning crisis
01:02:57 - Government slowing down AI
01:07:36 - The current leading nation of AI
01:12:13 - Merging humans with AI
01:19:27 - Keeping AI obedient
01:23:02 - How transhumanists plan to live forever
01:32:34 - How AI will change human evolution
01:37:34 - It is now impossible to identify AI-generated media
01:44:34 - Palantir + DOGE integration
