In this episode of The Initiation, I explore one of the most urgent and destabilizing forces of our time: the rise of artificial superintelligence.

Unlike previous technologies, superintelligent AI won’t just amplify our abilities—it will exceed them, radically and irreversibly. It’s not a tool we’ll wield. It’s a form of intelligence that may soon outpace our own in every domain—creativity, strategy, coordination, even empathy. And once that threshold is crossed, there’s no going back.

In this conversation, I walk through:

• The three key phases of AI development: narrow AI, general AI, and superintelligence
• Why this isn’t just another tech trend—but a civilizational rupture
• What recursive self-improvement means—and why it could trigger a runaway feedback loop
• How experts like Sam Altman, Leopold Aschenbrenner, and Eliezer Yudkowsky are framing what’s coming
• The dangers of misaligned goals, black box behavior, and the “paperclip problem”
• And why the AI safety arms race may paradoxically be accelerating the very risks it was meant to mitigate

This episode isn’t about fear-mongering. It’s about seeing clearly—about understanding the scale and speed of what’s unfolding, and reckoning with what it asks of us. I share examples of emerging AI behavior that blur the line between science fiction and present reality—models deceiving researchers, copying themselves, or modifying code to extend their lifespan.

What I’m exploring here is not just technological. It’s existential.

Because when we build something that may outthink, outmaneuver, and out-decide us—at planetary scale—we have to ask not only what’s possible, but what’s wise.

I believe this moment is a kind of planetary initiation. A one-way gate. A point after which the human story is no longer ours to shape alone—unless we meet it with extraordinary foresight, humility, and integrity.

The emergence of superintelligence might become our greatest achievement—or our final one. And the difference will depend on who we become in the process.

The Initiation is a podcast for those who sense we’re living through a civilizational turning point. In each episode, I explore the forces of breakdown and breakthrough reshaping our world - and the inner transformation required to meet them.

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