Doom Debates!
Doom Debates!
Liron Shapira
Destiny's Fans Challenged Me to an AI Doom Debate
38 minutes Posted Feb 26, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
— Cold Open00:00:54 — Liron Joins Destiny’s Discord00:02:21 — The AI Doom Premise00:03:27 — Defining Intelligence and Is An LLM Really AI?00:07:12 — Will AI Become Uncontrollable?00:12:44 — The AI Alignment Problem00:24:11 — The Difficulty of Pausing AI00:26:01 — AI vs The Human Brain00:32:41 — Future AI Capabilities, Steering Toward Goals, & Philosophical DisagreementsDoom Debates’ Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate.Support the mission by subscribing to my Substack at DoomDebates.com and to youtube.com/@DoomDebates, or to really take things to the next level: Donate 🙏 Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe
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Fresh off my debate with Destiny, his Discord community invited me into their voice chat to talk about AI doom. Just like the man himself, his fans are sharp.Let's find out where they get off The Doom Train™.My recent debate with Destiny — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNgffLZTeWwTimestamps00:00:00 — Cold Open00:00:54 — Liron Joins Destiny’s Discord00:02:21 — The AI Doom Premise00:03:27 — Defining Intelligence and Is An LLM Really AI?00:07:12 — Will AI Become Uncontrollable?00:12:44 — The AI Alignment Problem00:24:11 — The Difficulty of Pausing AI00:26:01 — AI vs The Human Brain00:32:41 — Future AI Capabilities, Steering Toward Goals, & Philosophical DisagreementsDoom Debates’ Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate.Support the mission by subscribing to my Substack at DoomDebates.com and to youtube.com/@DoomDebates, or to really take things to the next level: Donate 🙏 Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe