Will superintelligent AI destroy humanity? 

超级智能AI会毁灭人类吗?

The Story

2026-09-14

29 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

Warnings about the dangers of AI are reaching fever pitch, with cases of AI agents going rogue and attempts by malicious actors to use the technology to create biological weapons. Industry whistleblowers are sounding the alarm about a technology they claim could destroy humanity, while AI CEOs are themselves making proposals for a slow down. So how do they plan to stop this march towards oblivion? And how scared should we all be? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Guest: Chris Dorrell, technology correspondent, The Times. Host: Manveen Rana. Producers: Harry Stott, Leo Danczak. We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Anthropic blocks ‘malicious’ AI use over biological weapons fear Further listening: 'We don't understand the consequences' - Why I quit OpenAI - The Sunday Story Clips: CBS, BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, NBC, Sky. Photo: Tony Bell, Times illustration. This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • Hi, I'm Katie Prescott from the Times Tech Podcast.

  • AI is already changing business and medicine, but could it also change the way we look after our own health?

  • In a special episode in Paid Partnership with Vitality, we look at how AI, wearables

  • and everyday health data could help shift healthcare from treating illness to preventing it.

  • Listen to the Times Tech Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

  • What does it take to broadcast the excitement

  • and drama of Formula One to millions of fans across the world with high-pressure stakes and no room for error?

  • I'm Andy Jay, and in our first episode of The Business of Formula One,

  • we look at how tech has transformed the sport's broadcasting operation to deliver greater efficiency,

  • sustainability and quality, and what other businesses can learn.

  • Listen to The Business of Formula One, brought to you by PwC.

  • From The Times and The Sunday Times, this is the story.

  • I'm Manveen Rana.

  • If you've been following the news coming out of the world of AI over the last few weeks,

  • you'd be forgiven for being absolutely terrified.

  • Anthropic says its AI models went...

  • Rogue during testing and hacked into three other companies.

  • AI admitted that its models hacked another company, a company called Hugging Face.

  • In what other time they described this unprecedented cyber incident.

  • AI acknowledges that this is one of a kind.