A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
Hard Fork
The New York Times
4.3 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Casey, will you record my audiobook for me? Yes, I would love to, actually. Okay, thanks. Yeah, |
| 0:05.3 | because I got the briefing yesterday on what this would entail for me. Uh, they want 36 hours in the |
| 0:11.8 | studio to record this audiobook. That's, wait, hold on, 8, 16, 24. That's over four days worth, |
| 0:19.4 | that's four and a half days of recording. That's like almost a full week. I know. Oh my God. I know. But apparently people have, you know, a connection to us because of our voices. So they didn't want me using like an AI clone to do it. It makes it. You know what? I really think that there would be a case that I should do this because it would force me to read your book. You know what I mean? |
| 0:38.2 | Like, then I really can't get out of it. |
| 0:40.8 | Like, I'm on the hook to read this thing for real. |
| 0:43.4 | And so that might be the best way to do it. |
| 0:45.7 | You can insert your little, like, snotty wisecracks if you want. |
| 0:48.3 | Like, mystery science theater. |
| 0:50.9 | Yeah, a little extra commentary on the side. |
| 0:53.5 | Like, oh, I see we're using that transition again. |
| 0:56.8 | Hmm. |
| 0:58.4 | Oh, boy, he really ended this whole thing with Time Will Tell. |
| 1:01.2 | I would have suggested a different direction. |
| 1:04.5 | Was this book edited? |
| 1:06.6 | No, wait, now I kind of actually want you to do it. |
| 1:15.5 | Music Now, wait, now I kind of actually want you to do it. I'm Kevin Russo Tech columns at the New York Times. |
| 1:17.7 | I'm Casey Noon from Platformer. |
| 1:19.1 | And this is hard for it. |
| 1:20.1 | This week is AI safety back? |
| 1:22.3 | The Trump administration seems to be changing its tune. |
| 1:25.5 | Then Palo Alto Network CEO,ikesh Aurora joins us to discuss |
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