AI May Be Faking Stupidity to Take Control of Us
Yampolskiy, a computer scientist with over a decade of AI risk research, told Rogan that many industry leaders privately estimate a 20-30% chance AI could wipe out humanity.
Rogan summarized the common optimistic view: AI could make life easier, cheaper, and better. But Yampolskiy disagreed sharply: “It’s actually not true. All of them are on the record the same: this is going to kill us. Their doom levels are insanely high. Not like mine, but still, 20 to 30 percent chance that humanity dies is a lot.”
Rogan, sounding uneasy, replied: “Yeah, that’s pretty high. But yours is like 99.9 percent.”
Yampolskiy didn’t argue. “It’s another way of saying we can’t control superintelligence indefinitely. It’s impossible.”