AI Safety, AGI & Impact Videos Hacker News Recommends

explainer#58

What Happened to Horses Is Happening to Us

CGP Grey

“Excellent video on the subject: CGPGrey - Humans Need Not Apply”

11 HN recommenders · 2014–2026

explainer#408

Why Would AI Want to do Bad Things? Instrumental Convergence

Robert Miles AI Safety

“Robert Miles' videos are among the best presented arguments about specific points in this list”

6 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

talk#442

Veritasium: What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Learning – Derek Muller Explains

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

“I think the best take on that I've seen so far was from Derek (Veritasium) in this recent talk”

6 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

explainer#491

Intelligence and Stupidity: The Orthogonality Thesis

Robert Miles AI Safety

“this video to me states the problem in a nutshell (that whole channel is gold)”

6 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

talk#590

We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep Tufekci

TED

“This TED talk[0] on persuasion architectures brings up some interesting moral arguments against this idea.”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

talk#820

Intro to AI Safety, Remastered

Robert Miles AI Safety

“It's quite an approachable intro, often entertaining”

6 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

lecture#822

Sparks of AGI: early experiments with GPT-4

Sebastien Bubeck

“Highly highly highly recommend listen to this lecture by Sebastien Bubeck”

7 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

explainer#897

Why Not Just: Think of AGI Like a Corporation?

Robert Miles AI Safety

“He presents the material in a very interesting and accessible way.”

5 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

talk#982

The A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023

Center for Humane Technology

“Here's a good overview to get up to speed”

11 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

other#1020

Slaughterbots

Stop Autonomous Weapons

“see Stuart Russell's compelling short film”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

talk#1089

34C3 - Dude, you broke the Future!

media.ccc.de

“I cannot recommend enough Charles Stross' 34C3 talk on this very topic.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

explainer#1264

Is AI Safety a Pascal's Mugging?

Robert Miles AI Safety

“the main point of the video is that kind of situation happens when the probability involved is vanishingly small”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

other#1289

Sci-Fi Short Film “Slaughterbots” | DUST

DUST

“which depicts exactly this in harrowing detail”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

explainer#1297

Training AI Without Writing A Reward Function, with Reward Modelling

Robert Miles AI Safety

“I find this video by Rob Miles still the best presentation of the ingenious original 2017(!) paper”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

lecture#1597

Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton

The Royal Institution

“Richard Sutton takes a different view in an interview with Dwarkesh Patel[2]”

3 HN recommenders · 2025

podcast#1713

Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333

Lex Fridman

“Anyone seriously interested in this question should listen to the Lex Friedman interview of Andrej Karpathy”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

talk#1729

35C3 - The Ghost in the Machine

media.ccc.de

“the whole talk is incredibly lucid and contains zero fluff or BS”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

commentary#1736

GPT-4chan: This is the worst AI ever

Yannic Kilcher

“might be the coolest thing an LLM has ever done on video”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

talk#1805

Daniel Suarez: The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot

TED

“I often plug Daniel Suarez's great Kill Decision talk and book”

3 HN recommenders · 2013–2025

interview#1993

Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #162

Lex Fridman

“Investing time to listen to the guy seems to be not worse.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

interview#2007

John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets | Lex Fridman Podcast #309

Lex Fridman

“The entire video is worth viewing, an impressive 5:15h!”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

commentary#2216

I tried using AI. It scared me.

Tom Scott

“Tom Scott's video[0] makes a very good argument: we don't know where we are on the technology curve.”

4 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

explainer#2296

Deadly Truth of General AI? - Computerphile

Computerphile

“There's a great Computerphile video from 2015 that introduced me to the idea of AI safety awhile ago.”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

other#2373

“I’m Not a Robot” (2025 Academy Award Winner) | The New Yorker Screening Room

The New Yorker

“there is an excellent short movie online called "I'm not a Robot".”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

explainer#2620

Avoiding Negative Side Effects: Concrete Problems in AI Safety part 1

Robert Miles AI Safety

“For those curious about AI safety I heavily recommend Robert Miles channel on YouTube.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

talk#2735

Munk Debate on Artificial Intelligence | Bengio & Tegmark vs. Mitchell & LeCun

Policy-Relevant Science & Technology

“Tis a good one”

2 HN recommenders · 2023

talk#2747

Andrew Ng: Artificial Intelligence is the New Electricity

Stanford Graduate School of Business

“I really enjoyed this Andrew Ng talk”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2019

explainer#2767

AI "Stop Button" Problem - Computerphile

Computerphile

“here’s an interesting video response to the “just unplug it” argument on the Compuerphile channel”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

explainer#2821

Why Asimov's Laws of Robotics Don't Work - Computerphile

Computerphile

“I found this video insightful on the matter from Computerphile”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

explainer#2853

10 Reasons to Ignore AI Safety

Robert Miles AI Safety

“This video might be interesting to see some arguments for why people think it’s important”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

other#2974

🏆Award Winning🏆 CGI 3D Animated Short Film: "LAST DAY OF WAR" by Dima Fedotov | TheCGBros

TheCGBros

“I think that scifi shorts have the duty and power to show us the paths that certain developments entail.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

interview#3084

Geoffrey Hinton in conversation with Fei-Fei Li — Responsible AI development

Arts & Science - University of Toronto

“Goes over Hinton's history and why he went the direction he did with his research”

2 HN recommenders · 2024

talk#3192

AI Ethics, Impossibility Theorems and Tradeoffs - Chris Stucchio | Crunch 2018

CraftHub Events

“it's impossible to simultaneously treat everyone the same way, to have a useful model, and to have uniformly distributed 'bias'-free outcomes.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

podcast#3200

Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Portal (with host Eric Weinstein), Ep. #027 - On Avoiding Apocalypses

Eric Weinstein

“I'd highly recommend watching the whole interview”

2 HN recommenders · 2020

talk#3307

How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan | TED

TED

“Sal Khan gave a good Ted Talk on his thoughts around AI in Education.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

interview#3384

OpenAI's GPT-4 Discussion with Red Teamer Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg

Cognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"

“He says it was extremely powerful and would answer any question whatsoever without hesitating.”

3 HN recommenders · 2023

interview#3412

Full interview: "Godfather of artificial intelligence" talks impact and potential of AI

CBS Mornings

“found the discussion much more nuanced than today's headlines.”

3 HN recommenders · 2023

interview#3483

ChatGPT with Rob Miles - Computerphile

Computerphile

“This video[1] cleared up a lot of questions for me as to the issues I've seen with ChatGPT.”

4 HN recommenders · 2023

commentary#3580

AI does not exist but it will ruin everything anyway

Angela Collier

“Angela Collier's excellent "AI does not exist but it will ruin everything anyway" video, which I recommend”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

podcast#3637

Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development | Lex Fridman Podcast #371

Lex Fridman

“it's worth a watch just to be more prepared for where things are likely headed”

2 HN recommenders · 2023

other#3694

A CGI 3D Short Film: "Dead Hand: FortressFortress/Крепость" - by Dima Fedotov | TheCGBros

TheCGBros

“I love watching this short every couple years”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

podcast#3721

Joe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk

PowerfulJRE

“Highly recommend listening to the entire 2.5 hour Joe Rogan podcast[1]. It really does give a nice glimpse into his mind”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

explainer#3730

The Artificial Intelligence That Deleted A Century

Tom Scott

“I'd like to also recommend his other work of speculative fiction: The Artificial Intelligence That Deleted A Century”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

podcast#3835

Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #416

Lex Fridman

“I think you might find Lex Fridmans interview with Yann LeCun interesting[1].”

1 HN recommenders · 2024

talk#3879

Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris

TED

“(Worth a watch if you have 15 mins).”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

podcast#3911

Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization | Lex Fridman Podcast #368

Lex Fridman

“I would recommend listening to Eliezer Yudkowsky on the subject”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

interview#3979

Marcus Hutter: Universal Artificial Intelligence, AIXI, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #75

Lex Fridman

“it made sense to me”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

interview#4022

How We Prevent the AI’s from Killing us with Paul Christiano

Bankless

“Also this whole interview was pretty interesting.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023