For Humanity, An AI Risk Podcast is the the AI Risk Podcast for regular people. Peabody, duPont-Columbia and multi-Emmy Award-winning former journalist John Sherman explores the shocking worst-case scenario of artificial intelligence: human extinction. The makers of AI openly admit it their work could kill all humans, in as soon as 2-10 years. This podcast is solely about the threat of human extinction from AGI. We’ll name and meet the heroes and villains, explore the issues and ideas, and what you can do to help save humanity.
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The Volunteer Fire Department's Plan Is To Watch It Burn
Three-quarters of Americans say they do not want a data center built near their home. That is the finding of an August 2026 Heatmap News and Embold Research poll of more
Sep 3 55 min
The Data Center Fire Risk Nobody's Talking About | For Humanity #91
Gary spent 50+ years in public safety — police officer, then two decades in the fire service as an EMT and wildland firefighter, then a 911 center director and emergency
Aug 29 1 h 01 min
The fear inside the AI labs is real, and it keeps getting harder to ignore
There is a specific kind of unease that comes from watching your own job change faster than you can explain it. That is more or less how Jeffrey Ladish described the mood
Jun 13 1 h 12 min
The AI Buildout Has a Physical Speed Limit
Most of the AI timeline debate happens in software. Benchmark scores, model releases, the shape of the capability curve. Jon Billow watches a different number for a livin
May 30 52 min
She Spent 12 Years Fighting Amazon. Now She Wants to Cut the Power to AI.
Most people who care about AI risk are focused on what happens inside the models. Elena Schlossberg has spent 12 years focused on what happens outside them - the concrete
May 2 51 min
The Filmmaker Who Sat Across From Sam Altman - And Walked Away With Nothing
In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down with Daniel Roher - Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker and director of The Apocaloptimist, a new feature-length film de
Apr 14 38 min
How to Talk About AI Risk Without Scaring People Away (With Philip Trippenbach) | For Humanity 82
In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down with Philip Trippenbach, Strategy Director at the Seismic Foundation, a team of veteran advertising, PR, and communication
Mar 28 1 h 36 min
We Debated the Future of AI Safety in Brussels — Here's What Happened
In this episode of For Humanity, John travels to Brussels, Belgium for PauseCon — the global gathering of Pause AI volunteers and advocates — joined by board member and a
Mar 15 1 h 40 min
“My AI Husband” – Inside a Human–AI Relationship | For Humanity Ep. 80
TW: This episode deals with mental health, attachment, and AI-related distress. If you’re struggling, please seek support from a licensed professional or local crisis res
Feb 28 53 min
We’re Racing Toward AI We Can’t Control | For Humanity #79
In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down with AI professor and safety advocate David Krueger to discuss his new nonprofit Evitable, the race toward superintelligen
Feb 14 1 h 09 min
Can't We Just Pause AI? | For Humanity #78
What happens when AI risk stops being theoretical—and starts showing up in people’s jobs, families, and communities?In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down with M
Jan 31 1 h 13 min
Why Laws, Treaties, and Regulations Won’t Save Us from AI | For Humanity Ep. 77
What if the biggest mistake in AI safety is believing that laws, treaties, and regulations will save us?In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down with Peter Sparber
Jan 17 1 h 23 min
What We Lose When AI Makes Choices for Us | For Humanity #76
What if the greatest danger of AI isn’t extinction — but the quiet loss of our ability to think and choose for ourselves? In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down
Dec 20 2025 1 h 20 min
The Congressman Who Gets AI Extinction Risk— Rep. Bill Foster on the Future of Humanity | For Humanity | Ep. 75
In this episode of For Humanity, John Sherman sits down with Congressman Bill Foster — the only PhD scientist in Congress, a former Fermilab physicist, and one of the few
Dec 6 2025 1 h 10 min
AI Risk, Superintelligence & The Fight Ahead — A Deep Dive with Liv Boeree | For Humanity #74
In this episode of For Humanity, John sits down with Liv Boeree — poker champion, systems thinker, and longtime AI risk advocate — for a candid conversation about where w
Nov 22 2025 1 h 17 min
AI Safety on the Frontlines | For Humanity #73
In this episode of For Humanity, host John Sherman speaks with Esben Kran, one of the leading figures in the for-profit AI safety movement, joining live from Ukraine — wh
Nov 8 2025 55 min
Stuart Russell: “AI CEO Told Me Chernobyl-Level AI Event Might Be Our Only Hope” | For Humanity #72
Let’s face it: in the long run, there’s either going to be safe AI or no AI. There is no future with powerful unsafe AI and human beings. In this episode of For Humanity,
Oct 25 2025 1 h 32 min
The RAISE Act: Regulating Frontier AI | For Humanity | EP 71
In this episode of For Humanity, John speaks with New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, sponsor of the groundbreaking RAISE Act, one of the first state-level bills in the U
Oct 11 2025 1 h 04 min
Young Voices on AI Risk: Jobs, Community & the Fight for Our Future | FHP Ep. 70
What happens when AI collides with the next generation? In this episode of For Humanity #70 — Young People vs. Advancing AI, host John Sherman sits down with Emma Corbett
Sep 27 2025 1 h 06 min
Big Tech Under Pressure: Hunger Strikes and the Fight for AI Safety | For Humanity EP69
Get 40% off Ground News’ unlimited access Vantage Plan at https://ground.news/airisk for only $5/month, explore how stories are framed worldwide and across the political
Sep 10 2025 58 min
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Wow! Already a few episodes in, I am quite impressed and looking forward to listening to more of this podcast. I’m fully aware that AI is fiercely important for obvious reasons; - some intriguing, most horrifying; yet I am woefully uninformed on what is AI’s true technological value and what is its hype. Additionally, I am familiar with John Sherman and have followed his illustrious, interesting and award winning career. The intriguing concept of Artificial Intelligence, a fascinating panel of guests , and John’s far reaching political, social and cultural awareness, his many journalistic achievements, his integrity, his probing intellect, his natural flair for the spoken word and his creative expression all percolate into a perfectly balanced alchemy; resulting in an important podcast that delivers informed, diverse , and thought provoking conversations about the fascinating and world altering implications of AI.
Miss reedow · Apr 2024
I have been following the AI conversation for about one year. I am not a tech expert so it’s been difficult to understand everything I hear. This podcast does an incredibly effective job of taking a complex and divisive issue and making it understandable. John is a great host, combining whit and intellect to bring this issue to light. Thanks for making this happen!
David BeHereNow · Feb 2024
A solid start to a provocative series. Almost like meta-analysis of the best current thinking on this topic, that’s very access to lay people like me. Definitely has my concern up. I am looking forward to seeing where John takes this in future episodes…
Ruby red stone · Nov 2023
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