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From Making Sense with Sam Harris

#469 — Escaping an Anti-Human Future

Published
April 10, 2026
Length
1:49:27

Audio is streamed from the publisher.

Show notes

Sam Harris speaks with Tristan Harris about the dangers of AI and the race to build it. They discuss the new documentary [https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist"]( _The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist_, the lessons of _The Social Dilemma_, the arms race dynamics between AI labs, the "intelligence curse" and its implications for human political power, the psychology of tech CEOs indifferent to extinction risk, the possibilities of US-China coordination on AI safety, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at [http://samharris.org/subscribe"]( samharris.org/subscribe.