# Doom Debates

AI debates that must be resolved before the world ends

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## [Former Singularity Institute President: PauseAI Is Making AI Doom WORSE](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/only-bad-people-want-to-pauseai)

_2026-08-18 · Liron Shapira_

Michael Vassar calls out rationalists and AI pause advocates: "They all already know deep down in their bowels that they are dooming the world."

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211656415/cb075baedc9d7af93f9d3d96fb2464b0.mp3)

## [14-Year-Old Forecaster Challenges My P(Doom) — Eli Goldfine](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/14-year-old-prodigy-predicts-friendly-superintelligence)

_2026-08-11 · Liron Shapira_

I've debated AI doom with winners of the Nobel prize and the Turing Award. Now I'm taking on a teenager who hasn't even started high school.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210726377/ff78ea8f6f259f8730236839ba6a5771.mp3)

## [OpenAI's Bombshell Hack Explained: Swarms of Agents, Zero-Day Exploits, & Misaligned AI](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/openais-bombshell-hack-swarms-of-agents)

_2026-08-08 · Liron Shapira_

OpenAI just went public with the details of the Hugging Face hack, and it's straight out of a Yudkowskian parable. My reaction with Producer Ori.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210302629/b191c452daf58728fbff91d1f28d9a93.mp3)

## [I Raised His P(Doom) Live On Air — Liron on Milk Road AI](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/i-raised-an-ai-investors-pdoom-live)

_2026-08-06 · Liron Shapira_

An investing show that's "99% optimistic about AI" lets an AI doomer into their echo chamber.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210002577/12a45a029767eddabbe1a4a9c9340663.mp3)

## [Would You Consider Supporting Doom Debates?](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/support-doom-debates)

_2026-08-05 · Liron Shapira_

Doesn't humanity need an AI x-risk debate & analysis media institution right now?

## [Google DeepMind AI Safety Researcher Who Just RESIGNED Says P(Doom) is 25% — Debate with Alex Turner](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/top-researcher-quits-google-deepmind)

_2026-08-04 · Liron Shapira_

Alex Turner explains why he quit Google DeepMind, why he left LessWrong, and where he disagrees with Eliezer Yudkowsky

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209795699/3f454aad4b8dcd40351b2f66f66f79b2.mp3)

## [NEWS: Anthropic's AI Went on a Hacking Rampage, Leopold's Fund Crash + Doom Debates Donation Drive (7/31)](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/anthropics-ai-went-on-a-hacking-rampage)

_2026-08-01 · Liron Shapira_

OpenAI and Anthropic both admitted their AIs went rogue, hacking real companies with zero-day exploits.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209329671/62118ed45311d9a1fb287751e1f25011.mp3)

## [Doom Debates State of the Show 2026](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/doom-debates-state-of-the-show-2026)

_2026-07-29 · Liron Shapira_

What's working, what's next, and why we need YOU

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208957112/685582db7ec05dd4a1bb778d4b1b2076.mp3)

## [Special Report: Google DeepMind's Frontier AI Policy Lead Makes Controversial Sh\*tpost](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/special-report-google-deepminds-frontier)

_2026-07-28 · Liron Shapira_

Google DeepMind's frontier policy lead responds to a call for a coordinated AI slowdown with a trollish and arguably menacing meme. Is that appropriate?

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208801979/cbbeb40362e7dae1bb5a52b135cef0c9.mp3)

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## [Where Do YOU Get Off the Doom Train? Live Debate at Manifest 2026](https://lironshapira.substack.com/p/where-do-you-get-off-the-doom-train)

_2026-07-25 · Liron Shapira_

Producer Ori invites a roomful of top forecasters and rationalists to poke holes in the AI doom argument.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208405247/d419d42a23f1eab50f85f4b4c81863d0.mp3)