person
Sam Harris
Making Sense podcast; neuroscientist and philosopher
Author and host of the Making Sense podcast; neuroscientist and philosopher. His 2016 TED talk 'Can we build AI without losing control over it?' was an early mainstream introduction to AI x-risk arguments.
current Host, Making Sense Podcast
Strategy positions
Existential primacyendorses
Extinction/disempowerment risk overrides ordinary cost-benefitArgues the alignment problem is genuinely existential and that the AI community is not taking it seriously enough; uses Making Sense to platform technical safety voices.
“We're going to build superintelligence whether we like it or not. The only question is whether we will know what we are doing.”
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.