AI DEBATE: “Most People Have No Idea What’s Coming” - #1138 from Modern Wisdom

AI DEBATE: “Most People Have No Idea What’s Coming” - #1138

2 hour 42 minutes Posted Aug 17, 2026 at 5:00 am.

) Will Humans Still Be Around in 2040?

) What Jobs Will Be Protected From AI?

) Finding Meaning in a Post-Work World

) Technology Is Pulling Us From Our Purpose

) Where Do We Draw the Line With Outsourcing Thinking?

) Is AI Unlocking Human Potential?

) Refusal or Obedience: What’s More Dangerous?

) The AI Attack That Should Worry Everyone

) Should We Slow Down Advanced AI?

) Does Recursive Research Actually Work?

) How Safe Is AI?

) Can We Reach a Peace Deal for a Superintelligent World?

) Why AI 2040 Got So Much Right

) Is AGI Inevitable?

) Could Techno-Pastoralism Be the Future?

) Is AI Replacing Human Connection?

) How Do We Navigate the Purpose-Friction Problem?

) Why Data Centre Policy Matters More Than Ever

) The Concentration of Power Concern

) Is the Frontier Strategy the Winning Condition?

) Will AI Weaken Democracy?

) How We Can Limit the Concentration of Power

) Is ChatGPT Pessimistic About the Future?

) What Should We Be Focused On?

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In this AI debate, we explore:

Whether humans will exist in 2040.

What will happen once we reach AGI.

Whether AI gets smart enough to act malevolently or benevolently towards humans.

If AI will grow powerful enough to be out of human control.

and much more...

Guests

Zack Kass is an AI futurist, advisor, speaker, and author.

Liv Boeree is a physicist, science communicator, podcaster and former professional poker champion.

Aric Floyd is an AI writer, and video producer.

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