Roman Yampolskiy on How Dangerous Is Artificial Intelligence

We may be creating something a million times smarter than all of humanity combined — and we have no plan for what happens next. AI safety pioneer Roman Yampolskiy lays out the risks, the arguments, and whether any solution exists. Roman V. Yampolskiy is a tenured Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Louisville's Speed School of Engineering, where he founded and directs the Cyber Security Lab. Widely credited with coining the term "AI safety" in 2011, he is the author of AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. Get access to over 5,000 videos by signing up for a free Closer To Truth membership:

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This episode is 47:03 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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