https://safe.ai/act

The Pentagon is integrating AI models directly into classified military networks - and the hosts of Warning Shots think this deserves a serious conversation.

In this episode, John Sherman, Liron Shapira, and Michael break down five major developments showing how AI is quietly embedding itself into the systems that run civilization - from air traffic control to hospitals to military command networks - faster than any oversight framework can follow.

They also cover Bernie Sanders and Max Tegmark's high-profile AI extinction risk event in Washington, D.C., where Chinese scientists sat alongside U.S. researchers to argue for international cooperation - and why that triggered immediate political backlash.

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TIMESTAMPS - Warning Shots #40

0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Bernie Sanders, Max Tegmark and David Kruger in Washington D.C.
1:27 - The Chinese scientists at the panel - cooperation or controversy?
3:31 - Sanders' viral AI tweet explained
4:44 - The Pentagon gives AI access to classified military systems
8:49 - Should AI be inside government infrastructure?
11:15 - AI targeting and real-world casualties - the untold story
12:00 - AI in air traffic control: a 30% hallucination rate
14:38 - The gradual disempowerment problem
16:42 - AI beats humans in ER triage and early cancer detection
19:00 - First humanoid robot store opens in San Francisco
20:46 - John's robot is doing his dishes - and he's nervous
22:39 - What happens when robots stop needing human customers?
23:33 - First college football team hires an AI coach
24:52 - Go players cheating with AI - and losing themselves in the process
26:04 - SoftBank announces fully automated, self-replicating data centers
27:23 - Will the world eventually just be covered in compute?
28:47 - Closing and warning shots

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They explore:
- Why giving AI access to classified military data may be one of the most consequential decisions happening right now
- The case for and against AI in critical infrastructure like air traffic control
- What early cancer detection and ER triage victories mean for human agency in the long run
- Why humanoid robots in your home feel different from other AI applications
- The Go cheating scandal and what it reveals about AI dependency
- SoftBank's plan to fully automate data center construction - no humans required
- Whether international cooperation on AI safety is politically possible

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Take action on AI risk: https://guardrailnow.substack.com/

Subscribe for weekly analysis: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIRiskNetwork

Follow our hosts:
Liron Shapira - @DoomDebates
Michael - @LethalIntelligence

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Join the conversation:
- Should AI have access to classified military systems?
- Where do you draw the line between helpful AI and dangerous AI dependency?
- Does a humanoid robot in your home feel different to you?

Drop your thoughts below.

#AISafety #AIRisk #WarningShots #ArtificialIntelligence #AGI #AIAlignment #TechPolicy #Pentagon #AIRegulation #FutureOfAI

https://safe.ai/act

The Pentagon is integrating AI models directly into classified military networks – and the hosts of Warning Shots think this deserves a serious conversation.

In this episode, John Sherman, Liron Shapira, and Michael break down five major developments showing how AI is quietly embedding itself into the systems that run civilization – from air traffic control to hospitals to military command networks – faster than any oversight framework can follow.

They also cover Bernie Sanders and Max Tegmark's high-profile AI extinction risk event in Washington, D.C., where Chinese scientists sat alongside U.S. researchers to argue for international cooperation – and why that triggered immediate political backlash.

TIMESTAMPS – Warning Shots #40

0:00 – Intro
0:41 – Bernie Sanders, Max Tegmark and David Kruger in Washington D.C.
1:27 – The Chinese scientists at the panel – cooperation or controversy?
3:31 – Sanders' viral AI tweet explained
4:44 – The Pentagon gives AI access to classified military systems
8:49 – Should AI be inside government infrastructure?
11:15 – AI targeting and real-world casualties – the untold story
12:00 – AI in air traffic control: a 30% hallucination rate
14:38 – The gradual disempowerment problem
16:42 – AI beats humans in ER triage and early cancer detection
19:00 – First humanoid robot store opens in San Francisco
20:46 – John's robot is doing his dishes – and he's nervous
22:39 – What happens when robots stop needing human customers?
23:33 – First college football team hires an AI coach
24:52 – Go players cheating with AI – and losing themselves in the process
26:04 – SoftBank announces fully automated, self-replicating data centers
27:23 – Will the world eventually just be covered in compute?
28:47 – Closing and warning shots

They explore:
– Why giving AI access to classified military data may be one of the most consequential decisions happening right now
– The case for and against AI in critical infrastructure like air traffic control
– What early cancer detection and ER triage victories mean for human agency in the long run
– Why humanoid robots in your home feel different from other AI applications
– The Go cheating scandal and what it reveals about AI dependency
– SoftBank's plan to fully automate data center construction – no humans required
– Whether international cooperation on AI safety is politically possible

Take action on AI risk: https://guardrailnow.substack.com/

Subscribe for weekly analysis: https://www.youtube.com/@theairisknetwork

Follow our hosts:
Liron Shapira – @DoomDebates
Michael – @LethalIntelligence

Join the conversation:
– Should AI have access to classified military systems?
– Where do you draw the line between helpful AI and dangerous AI dependency?
– Does a humanoid robot in your home feel different to you?

Drop your thoughts below.

#AISafety #AIRisk #WarningShots #ArtificialIntelligence #AGI #AIAlignment #TechPolicy #Pentagon #AIRegulation #FutureOfAI


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AI Gets Military Secrets – What Could Go Wrong? | Warning Shots #40


The AI Risk Network


May 4, 2026 1:00 pm


πŸ“’ Take Action on AI Risk β†’ https://safe.ai/act


In this episode of For Humanity, John Sherman and co-host Connor Axiotis sit down with Elena Schlossberg, founder of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, who spent 12 years fighting data center sprawl in Northern Virginia - and winning. Elena explains how the industry found a loophole in public utility law that forces communities to subsidize private infrastructure, why this is now a national political issue, and how ordinary residents are pushing back.


⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 
0:00 - Intro and guest welcome 
0:33 - Elena's background and the Coalition to Protect PWC 
2:20 - How Amazon's 2014 data center triggered a 4-year legal fight 
3:40 - The national data center movement and Polymarket's 85% ban prediction 
4:34 - Why Virginia already has more data centers than China 
7:57 - Was this a problem before AI? Campfire vs. wildfire 
10:30 - Data centers as an election issue - senators' seats at risk 
12:26 - Transmission lines crossing three states - and the communities fighting back 
13:02 - Data centers don't create jobs - they eliminate them 
15:03 - Amazon buys a 38-acre garden center - and a community disappears 
17:47 - AI replacing jobs in real time - the Verizon call center story 
20:06 - Chatbots, teens, and the mental health crisis 
22:09 - John walks Elena through AI extinction risk - her honest reaction 
27:08 - What a counselor thinks about "AI intelligence" and self-awareness 
30:20 - Elena's practical solution: stop supplying the power 
31:14 - Air quality, gas turbines, and immediate health impacts 
33:50 - Could data center activists and AI safety advocates unite? 
35:24 - Getting into tech industry spaces and opening eyes 
38:30 - Are data centers already obsolete before they're built? 
40:15 - The financial case for a moratorium 
43:21 - Where does Elena see 2026 going? 
46:09 - What would safety testing for AI even look like? 
49:11 - Closing thoughts and a hopeful message


Elena argues that the question of who pays for AI infrastructure is the same question as who controls AI development - and that the grassroots movement she built in Virginia is a template for what a national slowdown could look like.


πŸ”Ž They explore:

How the data center industry exploits public utility law to socialize costs
Why Data Center Alley in Virginia has become a flashpoint for national politics
How transmission line fights in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia are converging
The real job math: one Target creates 10 times more long-term jobs than a data center
The connection between AI infrastructure, mental health, and community destruction
Elena's reaction to AI extinction risk - and why she sees overlapping goals
Why stopping the power supply may be the most practical brake on runaway AI development
What a bipartisan moratorium on data centers could look like

πŸŽ™ About For Humanity Hosted by John Sherman, For Humanity is a podcast from The AI Risk Network making AI risk a kitchen-table conversation on every street.


πŸ‘‰ More from our hosts: Connor Axiotis - Making God documentary (coming soon)


πŸ“Ί Subscribe for weekly conversations on AI risk: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIRiskNetwork


πŸ—¨ Join the conversation:

Should communities have veto power over local data centers?
Do you think data center activists and AI safety advocates should work together?
Is a national moratorium on data centers realistic in 2026?

#AISafety #DataCenters #AIRisk #ForHumanityPodcast #EnergyPolicy #AIRegulation #CommunityActivism

πŸ“’ Take Action on AI Risk β†’ https://safe.ai/act

In this episode of For Humanity, John Sherman and co-host Connor Axiotis sit down with Elena Schlossberg, founder of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, who spent 12 years fighting data center sprawl in Northern Virginia – and winning. Elena explains how the industry found a loophole in public utility law that forces communities to subsidize private infrastructure, why this is now a national political issue, and how ordinary residents are pushing back.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro and guest welcome
0:33 – Elena's background and the Coalition to Protect PWC
2:20 – How Amazon's 2014 data center triggered a 4-year legal fight
3:40 – The national data center movement and Polymarket's 85% ban prediction
4:34 – Why Virginia already has more data centers than China
7:57 – Was this a problem before AI? Campfire vs. wildfire
10:30 – Data centers as an election issue – senators' seats at risk
12:26 – Transmission lines crossing three states – and the communities fighting back
13:02 – Data centers don't create jobs – they eliminate them
15:03 – Amazon buys a 38-acre garden center – and a community disappears
17:47 – AI replacing jobs in real time – the Verizon call center story
20:06 – Chatbots, teens, and the mental health crisis
22:09 – John walks Elena through AI extinction risk – her honest reaction
27:08 – What a counselor thinks about "AI intelligence" and self-awareness
30:20 – Elena's practical solution: stop supplying the power
31:14 – Air quality, gas turbines, and immediate health impacts
33:50 – Could data center activists and AI safety advocates unite?
35:24 – Getting into tech industry spaces and opening eyes
38:30 – Are data centers already obsolete before they're built?
40:15 – The financial case for a moratorium
43:21 – Where does Elena see 2026 going?
46:09 – What would safety testing for AI even look like?
49:11 – Closing thoughts and a hopeful message

Elena argues that the question of who pays for AI infrastructure is the same question as who controls AI development – and that the grassroots movement she built in Virginia is a template for what a national slowdown could look like.

πŸ”Ž They explore:

How the data center industry exploits public utility law to socialize costs
Why Data Center Alley in Virginia has become a flashpoint for national politics
How transmission line fights in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia are converging
The real job math: one Target creates 10 times more long-term jobs than a data center
The connection between AI infrastructure, mental health, and community destruction
Elena's reaction to AI extinction risk – and why she sees overlapping goals
Why stopping the power supply may be the most practical brake on runaway AI development
What a bipartisan moratorium on data centers could look like

πŸŽ™ About For Humanity Hosted by John Sherman, For Humanity is a podcast from The AI Risk Network making AI risk a kitchen-table conversation on every street.

πŸ‘‰ More from our hosts: Connor Axiotis – Making God documentary (coming soon)

πŸ“Ί Subscribe for weekly conversations on AI risk: https://www.youtube.com/@theairisknetwork

πŸ—¨ Join the conversation:

Should communities have veto power over local data centers?
Do you think data center activists and AI safety advocates should work together?
Is a national moratorium on data centers realistic in 2026?

#AISafety #DataCenters #AIRisk #ForHumanityPodcast #EnergyPolicy #AIRegulation #CommunityActivism


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Data Centers Are Draining Your Wallet – Here's Who Pays | For Humanity #84


The AI Risk Network


May 2, 2026 3:34 pm

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