AI Expert on Robot Girlfriends, If Humanity Is Cooked, & Sam Altman's God Fetish | Roman Yampolskiy

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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YERRR – the boys go full Skynet. AI expert Roman Yampolskiy explains why the UN’s ignoring AI safety, how Sam Altman’s “God complex” might get us all killed, whether we can actually unplug AI, and what happens when AI takes our jobs. All that and more on this special bonus episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE. 00:00 Is the UN taking AI safety seriously? 01:17 Roman Yampolskiy explains the global AI arms race 03:33 What happens when AI surpasses human intelligence 05:08 The terrifying AI timeline 06:20 Tools to agents: AGI vs. Super Intelligence 07:40 Can AI make good art or tell a funny joke? 09:45 Why we still crave human creativity 12:45 Robots & Humanoids 13:50 The coming of mass unemployment 15:16 Will productivity save us or will AI just replace everyone? 19:11 Best vs. worst case 22:30 Why unplugging AI won’t work 26:25 Super intelligence & why alignment is impossible 33:10 Global treaties, nukes, and the illusion of control 36:05 Could anyone survive by going off-grid? 38:11 Consciousness, empathy, and why AI be benevolent 46:30 Living with inevitability: “Enjoy your life anyway.” 57:15 Neuralink, simulation theory & merging with machines 1:00:15 Movies that get AI right 1:01:53 Are we already in a simulation? 1:09:02 How Roman finds happiness in life 1:15:00 Is any job is safe? 1:18:20 Global AI arms race 1:23:45 Sam Altman's God Complex 1:28:00 The probability of AI apocalypse 1:31:11 Final thoughts & saying "Thank You" to AI 1:37:58 The funniest joke AI ever made Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you think the UN is taking AI safety seriously?
0:02.0	Unfortunately, no.
0:04.0	With nuclear, we had this concept of mutually assured destruction.
0:08.0	No matter who starts the war, we all regret participating.
0:11.0	It's the same with superintelligence.
0:12.0	If it's uncontrolled, it doesn't matter who creates it.
0:15.0	Good guys, bad guys, we all get...
0:18.0	Is there a way to stop it then?
0:21.0	You think we're in a simulation? You think we're in a simulation.
0:22.7	I think we are in a simulation.
0:24.0	Resources to develop this type of technology become cheaper and cheaper every year.
0:28.1	So that means if we have super intelligence, it would be super conscious.
0:31.6	And to it, we would be like animals.
0:34.3	Would you do neuraling?
0:35.6	It's an easy sell if you have disabilities. It's amazing for people
0:38.9	who are quadriplegic, who are blind. What if you can't stop eating? It's beyond help.
0:46.3	Do we solve every problem in the human world with the help of AI? Just because you solve
0:50.9	some problems doesn't mean you become happier. If all the things I care about can be done by an assistant, what am I doing with my life?
0:58.0	Meditating and getting blown by your sex robot.
1:00.0	I don't like meditating.
1:04.0	Dr. Roman Yampulski. I said that correctly.
1:07.0	You got it? I want to talk about this, why the funniest AI joke will not be funny.
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