# Prof. Nick Bostrom: The truth about the AI panic

An episode of [UnHerd with Freddie Sayers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1540134798), 24 Sep 2026, 42 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/e/6ab538bd864264ef3e9f737f/media.mp3

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers talks to Oxford philosopher Professor Nick Bostrom about the escalating concerns over artificial intelligence, weighing whether catastrophic warnings from industry insiders reflect genuine existential fears or commercial strategy, while analysing technical threats like deceptive alignment and autonomous AI coordination alongside the broader economic, geopolitical, and societal risks of managing superintelligence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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