Odd Lots

Nate Soares on How AI Really Could Kill Us All

October 12, 2026·1h 16m·6-min readconversationaltechnology
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In a wide-ranging and sobering conversation on the Odd Lots podcast, host Joe Wiesenthal interviews Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) and co-author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, about the existential risks posed by advanced AI. Soare

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Nate Soares

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Nate SoaresEliezer YudkowskyJoe WiesenthalTracy Allaway

Books

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

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MIRIAnthropicOpenAIHugging Face

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Topics

Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurityEthicsLarge Language ModelsLong Form JournalismMachine LearningPhilosophy

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