We ask almost every AI architect and leader the same thing in private: What AI risk worries you most? - Almost all of them fire back the same response: a killer pathogen, spreading too silently, widely and quickly to stop. Why it matters: The rare agreement among AI experts flows from the belief these advanced models could help a bad actor create a deadly pathogen before the government and industry perfect detection and prevention systems. This isn't a likely scenario. And some of AI's biggest optimists reject doom scenarios. - It's simply a plausible one as AI gets better at understanding our biological vulnerabilities, much like it has our cyber ones inside large nonhuman systems. Driving the news: The experts aren't hedging. In a new…
Host Blake Burman is following new reports that the U.S. military is surging forces, weapons, and medics to the Middle East, as President Trump decides if he should authorize what would be the largest U.S. strike on Iran so far. Meanwhile, fuel prices are rising rapidly as tensions rise with Iran. 00:00 - Introduction 02:25 - Trump: Iran still has "some capability" 14:00 - States auditing voter registration systems 18:14 - Trump issues new warning to Iran 28:15 - Trump: "Smart" communities want data centers 35:51 - The era of American horsepower returns
