Q&A: Ilya's AGI Doomsday Bunker, Veo 3 is Westworld, Eliezer Yudkowsky, and much more!
Q&A: Ilya's AGI Doomsday Bunker, Veo 3 is Westworld, Eliezer Yudkowsky, and much more!  
Podcast: Doom Debates
Published On: Thu May 29 2025
Description: Ilya’s doom bunker, proof of humanity, the doomsday argument, CAIS firing John Sherman, Bayesian networks, Westworld, AI consciousness, Eliezer’s latest podcast, and more!00:00 Introduction04:13 Doomsday Argument09:22 What if AI Alignment is *Intractable*?14:31 Steel-Manning the Nondoomers22:13 No State-Level AI Regulation for 10 years?32:31 AI Consciousness35:25 Westworld Is Real Now38:01 Proof of Humanity40:33 Liron’s Notary Network Idea43:34 Center for AI Safety and John Sherman Controversy57:04 Technological Advancements and Future Predictions01:03:14 Ilya Sutskever’s Doom Bunker01:07:32 The Future of AGI and Training Models01:12:19 Personal Experience of the Jetsons Future01:15:16 The Role of AI in Everyday Tasks01:18:54 Is General Intelligence A Binary Property?01:23:52 Does an Open Platform Help Make AI Safe?01:27:21 What of Understandable AI Like Bayesian Networks?01:30:28 Why Doom Isn’t Emotionally Real for LironShow NotesThe post where people submitted questions: https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/5000-subscribers-live-q-and-a-askWatch the Lethal Intelligence Guide, the ultimate introduction to AI x-risk!PauseAI, the volunteer organization I’m part of: https://pauseai.infoJoin the PauseAI Discord — https://discord.gg/2XXWXvErfA — and say hi to me in the #doom-debates-podcast channel!Doom Debates’ Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate.Support the mission by subscribing to my Substack at DoomDebates.com and to youtube.com/@DoomDebates Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe