Roman Yampolskiy calls the AGI sprint a race to build God in podcast
MaxUnfried · x · 2026-09-18
Podcast host Julian Kissa shares five takeaways from his conversation with AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy, noting Yampolskiy has the highest P(doom) of any guest he has hosted and describes the sprint to AGI as a "race to build God."
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