Why I'm Scared GPT-9 Will Murder Me — Liron on Robert Wright’s Nonzero Podcast
Why I'm Scared GPT-9 Will Murder Me — Liron on Robert Wright’s Nonzero Podcast  
Podcast: Doom Debates
Published On: Fri Aug 08 2025
Description: Today I’m sharing my interview on Robert Wright’s Nonzero Podcast from last May. Rob is an especially sharp interviewer who doesn't just nod along, he had great probing questions for me.This interview happened right after Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike resigned from OpenAI in May 2024, continuing a pattern that goes back to Dario Amodei leaving to start Anthropic. These aren't fringe doomers; these are the people hired specifically to solve the safety problem, and they keep concluding it's not solvable at the current pace.00:00:00 - Liron’s preface00:02:10 - Robert Wright introduces Liron00:04:02 - PauseAI protests at OpenAI headquarters00:05:15 - OpenAI resignations (Ilya Sutskever, Jan Leike, Dario Amodei, Paul Christiano, Daniel Kokotajlo)00:15:30 - P vs NP problem as analogy for AI alignment difficulty00:22:31 - AI pause movement and protest turnout00:29:02 - Defining AI doom and sci-fi scenarios00:32:05 - What’s My P(Doom)™00:35:18 - Fast vs slow AI takeoff and Sam Altman's position00:42:33 - Paperclip thought experiment and instrumental convergence explanation00:54:40 - Concrete examples of AI power-seeking behavior (business assistant scenario)01:00:58 - GPT-4 TaskRabbit deception example and AI reasoning capabilities01:09:00 - AI alignment challenges and human values discussion01:17:33 - Wrap-up and transition to premium subscriber contentShow NotesThis episode on Rob’s Nonzero Newsletter. You can subscribe for premium access to the last 1 hour of our discussion! — https://www.nonzero.org/p/in-defense-of-ai-doomerism-robertThis episode on Rob’s YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VihA_-8kBNgPauseAI — https://pauseai.infoPauseAI US — http://pauseai-us.orgDoom 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