We're Not Ready for Artificial General Intelligence - Will MacAskill

Alex O'Connor November 9, 2025
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Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at https://huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $75 purchase). For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com. To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES William MacAskill is a Scottish philosopher and author, and one of the originators of the effective altruism movement. - LINKS Buy Will's book, "What We Owe the Future": https://amzn.to/4oU7u6s "We're Not Ready For Superintelligence" by AI in Context: https://youtu.be/5KVDDfAkRgc?si=yLexN76mBPuAh4Z0 - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – The World Isn’t Ready for AGI 9:12 – What Does AGI Doomsday Look Like? 16:13 – Alignment is Not Enough 19:28 – How AGI Could Cause Government Coups 27:14 – Why Isn’t There More Widespread Panic? 33:55 – What Can We Do? 40:11 – If We Stop, China Won’t 47:43 – What is Currently Being Done to Regulate AGI Growth? 51:03 – The Problem of “Value Lock-in” 01:05:03 – Is Inaction a Form of Action? 01:08:47 – Should Effective Altruists Focus on AGI? - CONNECT My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 - CONTACT Business email: [email protected] Brand enquiries: [email protected] ------------------------------------------