9 October 2026
Inside Elon’s Mind
Robert Wright and filmmaker Alex Gibney discuss Alex's epic new documentary about Elon Musk—an exploration of how the world's richest man got so powerful (and so weird).
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In this video:
- Teaser
- Alex’s new documentary about Elon
- How Alex’s film turned epic
- Simulation theory + social Darwinism = Elon?
- Inside the mind of Musk
- Has the job-pocalypse already begun?
- Elon’s daddy issues
- Elon’s lady issues
- Elon’s electoral propriety issues
- Has Elon gotten weirder over time?
- The damage DOGE could still do
- Heading to Overtime
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Tech and China analyst Paul Triolo joins Robert Wright to discuss the Anthropic CEO’s proposal to “pace” AI, his hawkish views on China, and prospects for US-China AI cooperation. Overtime: Why is the Chinese public more upbeat about AI than Americans?
Did Boomers Ruin Everything?
Robert Wright and Jill Filipovic—author of the book OK Boomer, Let’s Talk—discuss how the baby boom generation reshaped America, and whether millennials are right to blame them for today’s problems. Plus: what worries millennials about Gen Z, America’s gerontocracy problem, and why Kenyans are looking east.
Superintelligence, the Singularity, and the Singleton
Robert Wright and philosopher Nick Bostrom discuss the pace of AI advance, arguments for and against slowing down, and whether a “singleton” will emerge. Plus: Does AI deserve moral status? Does the procession toward superintelligence suggest a higher purpose?
What’s Driving Dario?
Robert Wright and American Prestige podcast hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss the ongoing AI safety vibe shift—and what the Anthropic CEO and other tech titans are really up to. Overtime: Can Trump’s geopolitical blunders help the world?
The Week in AI that Changed the World
Liron Shapira, host of Doom Debates, and Robert Wright discuss the epic AI vibe shift that was catalyzed by an Anthropic employee’s resignation—and the big AI stories that paved the way for it.
Is AI a Form of Life?
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the question in light of the OpenAI breakout and recent predictions of “self-sovereign” AI—and debate how freaked out we should be.
The OpenAI Breakout Gets Weirder
AI researcher Stephen “Cas” Casper of the Harvard Kennedy School joins Robert Wright to discuss new developments in the OpenAI breakout story—including how the AI agents invented messaging workarounds to coordinate with each other and other spookiness. Plus: Which AI is the biggest shill for its maker?
Demis Hassabis and the Quest for AGI
Robert Wright and Sebastian Mallaby—author of The Infinity Machine, a biography of Google’s Demis Hassabis—discuss what drew Hassabis to the AI field, what sets him apart from Dario and Sam, and whether it’s possible to build AI responsibly in the middle of an arms race.
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Garrison Lovely, author of the new book Obsolete, joins Robert Wright to discuss the AI industry’s race to replace human labor—and Garrison’s proposal to stop it. Plus: The left’s AI blind spot, whether alignment is doomed, and, in Overtime, doubts about Yudkowsky’s candor.
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Trump and the AI Safety Vibe Shift
Robert Wright and Liron Shapira return for round two of their collaboration, reacting to the week in AI. They discuss Trump’s summit with the AI labs, the FTC’s investigation of OpenAI and Anthropic, the latest Gemini announcement, and more.
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Is an AI Slowdown Near?
Robert Wright and AI analyst Zvi Mowshowitz discuss Dario Amodei’s proposal to slow down AI—the logic behind it and the challenges ahead of it. Plus: Inside the mind(s) of an agentic swarm, sci-fi takeover scenarios minus the “fi,” and why Google fell off the frontier.
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Israel’s Lobby
Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick join Robert Wright to discuss their new book, Israel’s Lobby, about the influence of pro-Israel groups on America’s foreign policy, its domestic policy, and the wider public discourse.
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Military technology analyst Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security joins Robert Wright to discuss how new military technologies are changing the nature of war—in Iran, Ukraine and elsewhere—and whether US military tech is falling behind. Plus: Will AI make war more or less bloody?
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Trump’s New War on Iran
