22 October 2026 · 82 min

ROBOTICS PROFESSOR: "AI Is Becoming Self-Aware! Here’s the Biggest Danger!"

With Hod Lipson · Hosted by Julian Issa

Is “AI will destroy humanity” a real risk, or a story we tell ourselves because we haven’t done the hard engineering?

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Is “AI will destroy humanity” a real risk, or a story we tell ourselves because we haven’t done the hard engineering?

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This conversation opens with a simple question to roboticist Hod Lipson, the mind behind Emo: does he feel like a villain? His answer is honest. He’s both excited and terrified, like someone being told an alien race is about to arrive and being asked whether to welcome them. From there, the discussion turns to why robot faces are so hard to build, and why he thinks the moment a robot genuinely smiles back at you will change how we connect with machines.