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The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Is AI...Demonic?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

In an unusually late-night dorm-room like podcast, we begin by describing our general good moods before plunging into despair about the threat of AI as represented by Elon Musk's Grok and the anti-Semitic spree it went on yesterday. What's happening here? Is there something metaphysical going on? Can AI be consciously evil? In theory, no. But what if theory doesn't help here? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hope for the best.

0:08.0

Expect the worst.

0:10.0

Some drink champagne.

0:13.0

Some die of thirst.

0:15.0

The way of knowing which way it's going.

0:19.0

Hope for the best.

0:20.0

Expect the worst., for the best. Expect the worst.

0:22.5

Oh, for the best.

0:25.1

Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast.

0:28.0

Today is Wednesday, July 9th, 2025.

0:32.4

I'm John Butler.

0:33.2

It's the editor of Commentary Magazine,

0:36.0

reminding you that coming up on October 19th here in New York City is our annual roast, an event either 15 or 16 years in the making.

0:47.1

And our roasty this year is the financial guru and wise man Clifford Asness.

0:55.5

This is a very special annual event.

0:59.7

It's our annual fundraiser, 500 people show for an evening of hijinks, hilarity, comedy.

1:08.7

And you generally will find yourself leaving our ballroom, floating on a

1:16.7

cloud of joy and not morosity. So you will have a different experience from the

1:22.5

podcast listening experience, and therefore it's worth sampling one day a year kind of like the holiday

1:30.8

that i don't celebrate the one day a year when a high good feeling and great commonality of

1:38.8

spirit and the let's call it the roast spirit of commentary is is just a wash and abroad in the land so go

1:48.4

to commentary.org slash roast to find out about this signal event and if you come you will meet

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