Carissa Véliz Podcast: Does AI Really Threaten Humanity? Her New Book 'Prophecy'
CarissaVeliz · x · 2026-10-14
Scholar Carissa Véliz appeared on Ian Masters' Background Briefing to discuss the claim that AI will destroy us all and her new book Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI, which traces prediction from ancient oracles to modern AI and its entanglement with power. Audio available on SoundCloud.
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