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AI Safety Expert: No One Is Ready for What's Coming in 2 Years | Roman Yampolskiy

20 Apr 2026 · 44 min

Episode AI Safety Expert: No One Is Ready for What's Coming in 2 Years | Roman Yampolskiy

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Roman Yampolskiy has spent 15 years at the University of Louisville studying one question: can we control AI? His answer is no. And in 2026, the early evidence is showing up inside his own department — a 28% drop in co-op placements for CS students. Prediction markets for AGI have collapsed from 2045 down to 2028–2030. So I asked him the question everyone actually wants answered: if 99% of jobs really do get automated, which ones survive? He named five — and they're not the ones you'd expect.

We also cover:

— What to invest in when AI can replace most human labor

— Why he told his own 17-year-old to think twice about college

— How to raise kids with agency in a world that automates thinking

— And the answer he gave when I asked if we're living in a simulation If you've been using "AI" and "superintelligence" as the same word, this conversation will fix that.

Topics: AI safety, Roman Yampolskiy, AGI 2030, jobs AI can't replace, future of work, AI superintelligence, investing in AI era, simulation theory, career advice 2026, AI risk