
It's time to talk about the end of the world. With your host, Liron Shapira. lironshapira.substack.com
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 146 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BusinessTechnology | |||

Multiple live callers join this month's Q&A as we react to Bernie Sanders and AOC's data center moratorium, the sudden shutdown of SORA 2, and the record breaking "Stop the AI Race" protest.
I explain why Claude Code has me claiming a 700% productiv... more
Dr. Quintin Pope, PhD, is one of the few critics of AI doomerism who is truly fluent in the concepts and arguments. In Oct, 2023 he joined me for a debate in Twitter Spaces where he argued that AI alignment was basically already solved.
His “inside ... more
My new interview on Robert Wright's Nonzero Podcast where we dive into the agentic AI explosion.
Bob is an exceptionally sharp interviewer who connects the dots between job displacement and AI doom.
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Noah Smith is an economist and author of Noahpinion, one of the most popular Substacks in the world.
He returns to Doom Debates to share a massive update to his P(Doom), and things get a little heated.
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00:00:00 — Cold Open
00:00:41 — W... more
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