Tristan Harris and Ted Tremper are WAKING UP Humanity to AI Extinction!
Tristan Harris and Ted Tremper are WAKING UP Humanity to AI Extinction!  
Podcast: Doom Debates!
Published On: Tue Apr 14 2026
Description: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist could become the most important movie of our generation. It’s a new film from the producers of the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once.Tristan Harris is a subject in the film who is well-known for his role in Netflix's The Social Dilemma. He is the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology.Ted Tremper is a producer on the film who is the interim Executive Director of the Creators' Coalition on AI.Timestamps00:00:00 — Cold Open00:01:20 — Introducing Tristan Harris and Ted Tremper00:04:31 — The Genesis of The AI Doc00:12:48 — Tristan’s Journey From Social Media to AI00:14:30 — Updating From AI Skeptic to AI Risk Aware00:20:31 — How They Convinced the AI CEOs to Agree to be Interviewed00:28:58 — Ted’s Journalism Advice, Working on Borat Subsequent Moviefilm00:30:37 — Tristan, What’s Your P(Doom)™?00:34:30 — The Resource Curse: What AI Revenue Does to a Society00:44:10 — Ted, What’s Your P(Doom)™?00:46:34 — Reacting to Demis Hassabis Statement that AGI Development Is Inevitable00:49:52 — Liron Sharpens the Criticism Towards AGI Builders00:55:35 — AGI Developers Claim to Want International Cooperation, But Have They Really Tried?01:04:30 — What Should Be the Single Takeaway for Concerned Viewers?01:11:40 — Building a Coalition Against Superintelligence Development: From Bernie to Bannon01:19:52 — Take Action at TheAIDocGetInvolved.com01:24:40 — Tristan’s Closing Message: We’ve Done This BeforeLinksWatch The AI Doc — https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimistGet Involved with The AI Doc Community — https://theaidocgetinvolved.com/Tristan Harris, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_HarrisTed Tremper, IMDb — https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3998229/Center for Humane Technology — https://www.humanetech.com/“The Intelligence Curse” by Luke Drago and Rudolf Laine — https://intelligence-curse.ai/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, or to really take things to the next level: Donate 🙏 Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe