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The Culture War Podcast with Tim Pool

Will AI Destroy Humanity? Can Humans Escape AI Doomsday Debate

The Culture War Podcast with Tim Pool

Timcast Media

News, Society & Culture

4.3825 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Phil @PhilThatRemains (X)

Guests (For AI):
Bryce McDonald @McD_Bryce (X)
Nathan Halberstadt @NatHalberstadt (X)

Guests (Against AI):
Shane Cashman @ShaneCashman (everywhere)
Joe Allen

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Terms and conditions apply. Isn't there a lot of people that think that it will usher in a new age for

1:10.6

humanity, but there are also a lot of people out there that have made significant warnings saying that, look, this actually could destroy humanity. And we're here today to talk about it. So not a lot of monologue today. We're just going to get right into it. So joining us today is Bryce McDonald. Introduce yourself, please.

1:27.7

Hey, I'm Bryce. I'm the U.S. lead at Volus, which is a portfolio company of new founding.

1:32.4

And Volus implements AI and real-world American businesses like construction, mining, manufacturing.

1:39.0

So you're pro-AI generally, right? Yes.

1:41.5

It's a fair statement. Okay. And also on the pro-AI side generally as well as Bryce McDonald? Yeah, I'm Nathan. I'm sorry, geez, I'm sorry. Nate Halberstadt. I apologize. I'm a partner at New Founding. It's a venture firm focused on critical civilizational problems. I lead investing in early stage startups, and I'll also be taking the pro-AI side, and Bryce and I will also

2:01.8

be qualifying. We're worried about some of the same risks, of course, but we see a positive,

2:06.4

a positive path forward. I do think that the risks are something that everyone, that even people

2:11.2

that are pro-AI, they're at least aware of and they do take seriously. But to talk about the

2:15.4

negative sides, the possible dangers of AI, we've got Joe

2:19.0

Allen. Yeah, Joe Allen. I am the tech editor at the War Room with Steve Bannon, occasional host,

2:26.0

a writer, not an expert or a philosopher, as I'm oftentimes smeared as, and failed Luddite.

2:33.4

Failed Luddite. Yeah, I've not been able to successfully smash even my own machines.

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