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📢 Announcing IF ANYONE BUILDS IT, EVERYONE DIES A new book from MIRI co-founder @ESYudkowsky and president @So8res, published by @littlebrown. 🗓️ Out September 16, 2025 Details and preorder👇

If you thought that almost no-one in public life would dare agree that wiping out humanity ought to be further discussed before implementation, think again. (Link below.)

Event details are at IfAnyoneBuildsIt.com/events. Eliezer and I will also do another Q&A for preorderers in September. And FYI, the book is 25% off on the Barnes And Noble website (with a free account) until Jul 11: barnesandnoble.com/w/if-anyone-bu…

We're hosting two virtual events, open to everyone who pre-orders the book: 1. A chat and Q&A with @So8res and special guest Tim Urban of @waitbutwhy. (Aug 10) 2. A Q&A with @ESYudkowsky and @So8res. (Sep) Register at ifanyonebuildsit.com/events!

AI companies are currently actively trying to build smarter-than-human AI. If they succeed, then every man, woman, and child on Earth is probably going to die. This is actually happening. I, Robby Bensinger, am genuinely scared for myself, my loved ones, and the rest of you over…

A little surprised to see Bruce Schneier blurbing 'If Anyone Builds, It Everyone Dies'. When I last spoke with him in 2019 he didn't take extinction from AI seriously, but I guess a lot has happened! Also — Ben Bernanke?!

Senior White House officials, a retired three-star general, a Nobel laureate, and others come out to say that you should probably read Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares' "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies". Preorders are live.

Lots of people in AI, and especially AI policy, seem to think that aligning superintelligence is the most important issue of our time, and that failure could easily lead to extinction -- like what happened in AI 2027. But they don’t mention this fact in public because it sounds…

My favorite reaction I’ve gotten when sharing some of the blurbs we’ve recently received for Eliezer and Nate’s forthcoming book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies From someone who works on AI policy in DC:

We now have multiple reports of AI-induced psychosis, including without prior psychiatric histories. Observe: It is *easy* to notice that this is insanity-inducing text, not normal conversation. LLMs understand human text more than well enough to know this too.

And it gets worse: Dario has also warned AI could cause literal human extinction, an outcome that would eliminate at least two-thirds of white-collar jobs

.@So8res on A.I.: "Once they build AIs that are smarter than us and give them things like robot bodies. If they have enough to run their own supply chains, they don't have a need for us anymore."

Some people say they liked this one better than previous podcasts. youtube.com/watch?v=0QmDcQ…

This book made me cry. I was actually legitimately shocked by how good it is. And the topic is completely insane and wildly consequential; like, it's hard to oversell. Comes Sept; preorder at ifanyonebuildsit.com, and go down your list of friends and tell 'em to preorder too!

For those still uncertain as to the logic of how this works, and when to criticize or not criticize AI companies who report things you find scary: - The general principle is not to give a company shit over sounding a *voluntary* alarm out of the goodness of their hearts. - You…

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies now has preorders for audiobooks (Audible, Libro). The hardcover can even be preordered in Canada itself!

Really enjoyed chatting with Anthony, Liv, and the folks who came out for the Win-Win podcast's second-ever IRL event in Austin. Great audience with lots of good and tough questions. Thanks for putting it on! (Great podcast with lots of excellent guests—def worth checking out)