# Could AI really end humanity?

An episode of [The Rachman Review](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1504048545), 1 Oct 2026, 32 min.

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High-profile AI safety incidents, as well as warnings from industry figures about AI’s rapid progress, have stoked a new wave of fear about the future of humanity. Artificial intelligence systems are becoming more and more capable. Can we regulate this technology effectively – or is it too late to put the AI genie back in the bottle? Gideon speaks to Toby Ord, senior researcher at Oxford university’s AI Governance Institute, and author of ‘The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity.’ Clip: C-Span Subscribe to Gideon’s show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen. Further reading: Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus Why the AI race has its creators fearing human extinction Donald Trump praises tech bosses’ ‘self-regulation’ of AI Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Sound design is by Samantha Giovinco and Breen Turner. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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