The 2,000-Year History of AI - Could It Now REALLY Kill Us All? | With George Zarkadakis
The 2,000-Year History of AI - Could It Now REALLY Kill Us All? | With George Zarkadakis  
Podcast: History Uncensored
Published On: Fri Sep 18 2026
Description: Artificial intelligence could change humanity forever. But the history of AI began thousands of years before computers, machine learning and ChatGPT existed. In just a few decades, humans have gone from mechanical computers and early ideas about machine intelligence to powerful AI systems capable of generating text and images, writing code, solving complex problems and performing tasks once thought to require human intelligence. But how did we get here? Bianca Nobilo explores the fascinating 2,000 year history of artificial intelligence, alongside AI engineer George Zarkadakis.  (00:00:05) AI - millennia in the making (00:00:29) From Talos to Turing... to total extinction? (00:04:23) Theory of Mind - with George Zarkadakis (00:05:55) Gods and demons - When does fear creep in? (00:08:14) Scientific foundations (00:11:51) Sex, war and robots (00:15:12) Is AI conscious? (00:16:56) Consciousness v intelligence (00:22:17) "We don't know what's happening inside those machines" (00:26:39) Human extinction in the coming decades - is it likely? (00:32:40) Does AI have a survival instinct? (00:36:15) 'Mutually assured destruction' and Cold War parallels (00:37:41) Is there an off switch? (00:40:37) Will humanity view this as our greatest mistake? (00:42:30) Why it’s so hard to stop research Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices