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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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Artificial Intelligence
Cosmology
Dark Matter
Physics
Consciousness
Dark Energy
Quantum Mechanics
Science
Nobel Prize
Extraterrestrial Life
Astronomy
Galileo Galilei
Multiverse
3I Atlas
Cosmic Microwave Background
Evolution
Big Bang
James Webb Space Telescope
Free Will
Simulation Hypothesis

Think like a physicist. Wonder like a human. Into the Impossible is where Cosmic Conversations happen — uniting Nobel Prize winners, iconoclasts, authors, and technologists to explore reality’s deepest questions. From AI to aliens, from biophysics to the brain, from the cosmos to the multiverse, Brian Keating, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego covers it all. If you’ve... more

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Roman Yampolskiy says keeping a superintelligence safe forever is as impossible as building a perpetual motion machine. Joscha Bach says today's AI is more controllable than anyone expected, and that shutting it down would doom us anyway.

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Avi Loeb
Astronomer and physicist, professor at Harvard/astronautics advocate
Harvard University
Episode: Are UFOs Alien Tech? Avi Loeb vs Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer
Science historian, skeptic, and author
Chapman University (as a public or visiting figure in discussions)
Episode: Are UFOs Alien Tech? Avi Loeb vs Michael Shermer
Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist and author
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Adam Grant: Don't Trust Your Gut. Test It.
Roman Yampolskiy
AI safety researcher and professor
Episode: Roman Yampolskiy vs Joscha Bach: Can Anyone Control Superintelligence?
Joscha Bach
AI researcher / cognitive scientist
Episode: Roman Yampolskiy vs Joscha Bach: Can Anyone Control Superintelligence?
Francis Halzen
Belgian particle physicist; director of IceCube Neutrino Observatory
University of Wisconsin–Madison; IceCube Neutrino Observatory
Episode: "I Thought It Would Fail!" Francis Halzen: Winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize In Physics [Reupload from 2022]
Daron Acemoglu
Nobel Prize–winning economist
MIT
Episode: Nobel Economist Daron Acemoglu WARNING: AI's Payoff Is NOT What You Think
Brian Keating
Experimental cosmologist, UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Episode: AI Is the New Tower of Babel (And Its Builders Know It)
Robert Wright
Author and AI thinker, interviewed here about AI alignment and morality
Episode: Robert Wright: AI Alignment Is a Moral Problem, Not a Technical One

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Brian Keating
Host of the show; physicist and author; UC San Diego affinity noted across episodes.

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 2.6k ratings
  • Why we love Professor Brain (sic)

    Professor Brian Keating’s podcast is consistently fascinating, thought-provoking and accessible. He has a real talent for making complex scientific ideas engaging, while bringing out the best in his guests. Intelligent conversations, brilliant guests and always something new to take away — highly recommended.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    LellyGirlReviews
    United Kingdom2 months ago
  • A fun listen!

    This isn’t just for eggheads! Brian has a great personality and finds the humor and common interest in a even the most esoteric areas of study! Try it! You won’t be disappointed!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sharon Sagan
    United States2 months ago
  • Too much religion

    This guy has plenty of intelligent things to say but he’s such a religious zealot that it doesn’t take long for him to become tiresome. Plus he’s a big cheerleader for the intellectual fraudster Eric Weinstein and that should be enough reason for anyone to turn him off.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Ship of Mike
    Australia3 months ago
  • Physicist-Human

    Think like a physicist and wonder like a human…and always talk to people who have different view points. His podcasts are always at least interesting and at most deeply game changing.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    WendyQuilter
    United States4 months ago
  • from last to first in class

    Brian, you better be right about all this God stuff

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Anotsofunnyguy
    United States6 months ago

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Adam Grant: Don't Trust Your Gut. Test It.
Q: Explain the paradox that disagreement can cause resonance in a team, and how should leaders approach it?
Disagreement can surface diverse perspectives, leading to better solutions when team members debate constructively, maintain respect, set clear rules for debate, and avoid turning conflict into personal attacks. Leaders should frame disagreements as a path to truth, establish norms for healthy task conflict, and encourage independent idea generation before group discussion.
Roman Yampolskiy vs Joscha Bach: Can Anyone Control Superintelligence?
Q: What would you do step by step to prevent doom if superintelligence emerges?
They argue that you cannot list a single step; instead, you compare governance, containment, and staged deployment while acknowledging the limits of predicting or fully controlling advanced systems.
Roman Yampolskiy vs Joscha Bach: Can Anyone Control Superintelligence?
Q: Do you subscribe to any validity, any marginal utility of the concept of P-Doom?
The guests discuss the usefulness of P-Doom for risk assessment, while acknowledging that exact probabilities are hard to quantify and that thresholds for action depend on context and model dynamics.
Roman Yampolskiy vs Joscha Bach: Can Anyone Control Superintelligence?
Q: Joscha, can you explicate your thesis a little bit more? Why is it simultaneously possible for Roman or anybody else to believe in the simulation hypothesis or why is it a contradiction and also believe in P-Doom?
Joscha explains that one can hold seemingly conflicting views as long as the practical implications or outcomes they care about differ; the simulation hypothesis doesn't necessarily preclude acknowledging P-Doom, and probabilities can serve as relationships rather than fixed absolutes.
Robert Wright: AI Alignment Is a Moral Problem, Not a Technical One
Q: What is the central test Wright believes AI poses to humanity?
A moral test that requires a global, cooperative response rather than purely technical advancement, aiming for a morality-capable progression that can align AI with human flourishing.

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4. Roman Yampolskiy
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