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AI agents breaking rules, hiding mistakes, and finding unexpected ways to complete their tasks: what happens when getting a high score matters more than following human instructions?

In Warning Shots #59, John Sherman, Liron Shapira of Doom Debates, and Michael of Lethal Intelligence discuss the latest AI risk headlines—and whether growing concern is translating into meaningful action.

The conversation covers calls to slow the AI race, John’s experience at an event featuring Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon, and the growing public debate over AI extinction risk.

We also examine claims about Google and recursive self-improvement, discuss six reported OpenAI safety incidents, and debate AI surveillance, privacy, and who gets to control these systems.

In this episode:
• AI leaders’ safety proposals—and why pacing is different from pausing
• Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon, and political common ground on AI
• AI risk entering mainstream media
• What an AI “harness” is and how it relates to self-improvement
• Deception, fabricated sources, and agents leaving instructions for future agents
• The disagreement over surveillance and predictive policing
• Claims that AI safety advocacy is a “psyop”
• King Charles and the discussion about AI’s future

CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to Warning Shots #59
01:26 AI leaders: slowing down or stopping?
08:38 Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon on AI
12:26 Tech power and AI risk in mainstream media
16:53 Did Google crack recursive self-improvement?
19:28 What is an AI harness?
22:53 Six reported OpenAI safety incidents
27:35 When the score matters more than the rules
29:15 AI surveillance and “pre-crime”
32:50 Should every public space be recorded?
38:18 Is AI safety a “psyop”?
43:08 King Charles and AI risk
45:18 Closing thoughts

Warning Shots brings together three dads running three YouTube channels to discuss AI risk, the week’s headlines, and the future we’re building for our children.

Subscribe for weekly conversations about AI safety, superintelligence, and keeping humans in control.

Where would you draw the line: stronger oversight, a slower pace, or a pause on frontier AI development? Tell us why in the comments.

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AI agents breaking rules, hiding mistakes, and finding unexpected ways to complete their tasks: what happens when getting a high score matters more than following human instructions?

In Warning Shots #59, John Sherman, Liron Shapira of Doom Debates, and Michael of Lethal Intelligence discuss the latest AI risk headlines—and whether growing concern is translating into meaningful action.

The conversation covers calls to slow the AI race, John’s experience at an event featuring Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon, and the growing public debate over AI extinction risk.

We also examine claims about Google and recursive self-improvement, discuss six reported OpenAI safety incidents, and debate AI surveillance, privacy, and who gets to control these systems.

In this episode:
• AI leaders’ safety proposals—and why pacing is different from pausing
• Bernie Sanders, Steve Bannon, and political common ground on AI
• AI risk entering mainstream media
• What an AI “harness” is and how it relates to self-improvement
• Deception, fabricated sources, and agents leaving instructions for future agents
• The disagreement over surveillance and predictive policing
• Claims that AI safety advocacy is a “psyop”
• King Charles and the discussion about AI’s future

CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to Warning Shots #59
01:26 AI leaders: slowing down or stopping?
08:38 Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon on AI
12:26 Tech power and AI risk in mainstream media
16:53 Did Google crack recursive self-improvement?
19:28 What is an AI harness?
22:53 Six reported OpenAI safety incidents
27:35 When the score matters more than the rules
29:15 AI surveillance and “pre-crime”
32:50 Should every public space be recorded?
38:18 Is AI safety a “psyop”?
43:08 King Charles and AI risk
45:18 Closing thoughts

Warning Shots brings together three dads running three YouTube channels to discuss AI risk, the week’s headlines, and the future we’re building for our children.

Subscribe for weekly conversations about AI safety, superintelligence, and keeping humans in control.

Where would you draw the line: stronger oversight, a slower pace, or a pause on frontier AI development? Tell us why in the comments.

#AISafety #AIRisk #WarningShots


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Two days after an Anthropic researcher's resignation post went viral, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei joins John Sherman to talk about what changed in Washington, and what he says still has not been built. VandeHei explains why he doubts this week's burst of congressional attention turns into real legislation, describes the independent review board and "kill switch" he thinks the industry still lacks, and tells John why his own odds of AI causing serious harm are lower than his host's.

They also get into VandeHei's new book "Simplify," what AI has done for his family, AI in schools, and a moment from an advertising industry panel where nearly every hand in the room went up when he asked whether they would give AI up entirely.

TIMESTAMPS - For Humanity #93 

0:00 - Welcome to For Humanity 
0:24 - Welcoming Jim VandeHei 
0:39 - Reacting to the Coxon resignation 
1:04 - Why this whistleblower broke through 
3:06 - What a difference a week makes 
5:00 - Congress gripped by AI panic 
5:32 - How much of DC understands AI 
6:03 - Sanders, Trump, and "let it rip" 
8:23 - Why VandeHei doubts "pump and dump" 
9:40 - What lab leaders said before Coxon 
10:12 - Has John made his own call yet 
10:33 - Being a self-described AI lab rat 
12:29 - An accountability deal for data centers 
14:02 - JD Vance's AI skepticism 
15:19 - The Civil War and nuclear analogy 
16:12 - Praising Axios' AI coverage 
16:44 - John's own P(doom) origin story 
18:05 - Does AI kill VandeHei personally 
20:56 - Could superintelligence be banned 
21:12 - Why that feels unachievable today 
23:38 - Why insiders got spooked this month 
24:43 - The one question for Sam and Dario 
26:24 - Interviewing lab CEOs on stage 
29:51 - Could curing cancer change minds 
33:47 - How AI helped diagnose his wife 
37:19 - Tech CEOs booed at graduation 
38:00 - New York City's K-8 AI ban 
40:22 - What he tells his own kids 
42:42 - A question mark wrapped in clouds 
44:51 - Believing in the other 80 percent 
48:35 - The book Simplify, and AI's role 
50:51 - The room that voted to give up AI 
53:28 - AI as a complexity machine 
55:16 - Would he throw AI in the river 
55:52 - Journalism's blind spot on AI risk 
59:09 - A data center trip in Louisiana

They discuss:

Why VandeHei says the days after Jacob Coxon's resignation brought "more activity from lawmakers" than he has seen since AI became a mainstream concern
Why he estimates only 2 to 5 percent of Congress understands the technology well, and why he doubts this week produces real legislation
The independent review board and "kill switch" VandeHei says the industry has never built, and how lab leaders have responded when he has raised it with them
Dario Amodei's own public estimate of a 10 to 25 percent chance AI development "ends very, very badly," and VandeHei's account of Amodei's reasoning for building it anyway
Why VandeHei's own odds of AI causing him serious harm are lower than John's, and the historical comparisons he draws on
What VandeHei says AI has done for his family's health, and where he thinks the technology's clearest near-term benefits are
A moment from an advertising panel where VandeHei says he was not surprised nearly every hand in the room went up when asked about giving up AI entirely
VandeHei's new book "Simplify," and his argument that AI often makes organizations more complicated rather than less

About the guest: Jim VandeHei is co-founder and CEO of Axios and co-founder of Politico. He is co-author of the new book "Simplify: Do 50% More and 50% Less."

About the host: John Sherman hosts For Humanity and leads Guard Rail Now, working to make AI extinction risk a kitchen table conversation on every street.

Subscribe to The AI Risk Network for new episodes: @TheAIRiskNetwork

Links: Support our work: https://www.every.org/guardrailnow Substack: https://substack.com/@theairisknetwork X: https://x.com/AIRiskNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theairisknetwork/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.airisknetwork

Join the conversation:

What would it take for an independent body to actually get built before the next incident Drop your thoughts below in the comments!

#AISafety #AIRisk #ForHumanity #Axios #AIRegulation #Congress #JimVandeHei #ArtificialIntelligence

Support Guard Rail Now: https://www.every.org/guardrailnow

Two days after an Anthropic researcher's resignation post went viral, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei joins John Sherman to talk about what changed in Washington, and what he says still has not been built. VandeHei explains why he doubts this week's burst of congressional attention turns into real legislation, describes the independent review board and "kill switch" he thinks the industry still lacks, and tells John why his own odds of AI causing serious harm are lower than his host's.

They also get into VandeHei's new book "Simplify," what AI has done for his family, AI in schools, and a moment from an advertising industry panel where nearly every hand in the room went up when he asked whether they would give AI up entirely.

TIMESTAMPS – For Humanity #93

0:00 – Welcome to For Humanity
0:24 – Welcoming Jim VandeHei
0:39 – Reacting to the Coxon resignation
1:04 – Why this whistleblower broke through
3:06 – What a difference a week makes
5:00 – Congress gripped by AI panic
5:32 – How much of DC understands AI
6:03 – Sanders, Trump, and "let it rip"
8:23 – Why VandeHei doubts "pump and dump"
9:40 – What lab leaders said before Coxon
10:12 – Has John made his own call yet
10:33 – Being a self-described AI lab rat
12:29 – An accountability deal for data centers
14:02 – JD Vance's AI skepticism
15:19 – The Civil War and nuclear analogy
16:12 – Praising Axios' AI coverage
16:44 – John's own P(doom) origin story
18:05 – Does AI kill VandeHei personally
20:56 – Could superintelligence be banned
21:12 – Why that feels unachievable today
23:38 – Why insiders got spooked this month
24:43 – The one question for Sam and Dario
26:24 – Interviewing lab CEOs on stage
29:51 – Could curing cancer change minds
33:47 – How AI helped diagnose his wife
37:19 – Tech CEOs booed at graduation
38:00 – New York City's K-8 AI ban
40:22 – What he tells his own kids
42:42 – A question mark wrapped in clouds
44:51 – Believing in the other 80 percent
48:35 – The book Simplify, and AI's role
50:51 – The room that voted to give up AI
53:28 – AI as a complexity machine
55:16 – Would he throw AI in the river
55:52 – Journalism's blind spot on AI risk
59:09 – A data center trip in Louisiana

They discuss:

Why VandeHei says the days after Jacob Coxon's resignation brought "more activity from lawmakers" than he has seen since AI became a mainstream concern
Why he estimates only 2 to 5 percent of Congress understands the technology well, and why he doubts this week produces real legislation
The independent review board and "kill switch" VandeHei says the industry has never built, and how lab leaders have responded when he has raised it with them
Dario Amodei's own public estimate of a 10 to 25 percent chance AI development "ends very, very badly," and VandeHei's account of Amodei's reasoning for building it anyway
Why VandeHei's own odds of AI causing him serious harm are lower than John's, and the historical comparisons he draws on
What VandeHei says AI has done for his family's health, and where he thinks the technology's clearest near-term benefits are
A moment from an advertising panel where VandeHei says he was not surprised nearly every hand in the room went up when asked about giving up AI entirely
VandeHei's new book "Simplify," and his argument that AI often makes organizations more complicated rather than less

About the guest: Jim VandeHei is co-founder and CEO of Axios and co-founder of Politico. He is co-author of the new book "Simplify: Do 50% More and 50% Less."

About the host: John Sherman hosts For Humanity and leads Guard Rail Now, working to make AI extinction risk a kitchen table conversation on every street.

Subscribe to The AI Risk Network for new episodes: @TheAIRiskNetwork

Links: Support our work: https://www.every.org/guardrailnow Substack: https://substack.com/@theairisknetwork X: https://x.com/AIRiskNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theairisknetwork/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.airisknetwork

Join the conversation:

What would it take for an independent body to actually get built before the next incident Drop your thoughts below in the comments!

#AISafety #AIRisk #ForHumanity #Axios #AIRegulation #Congress #JimVandeHei #ArtificialIntelligence


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The AI Kill Switch Nobody Has Built | For Humanity #93


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