What We Really Think About the iPhone Air | EP 153

Apple’s yearly iPhone event took place this week, and it left us asking, Is Apple losing the juice? We break down all the new products the company announced and discuss where it goes from here. Then, Eliezer Yudkowsky, one of the most fascinating people in A.I., has a new book coming out: “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” He joins us to make the case for why A.I. development should be shut down now, long before we reach superintelligence, and how he thinks that could happen.

Guests:

Eliezer Yudkowsky, founder of Machine Intelligence Research Institute and a co-author of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”

Additional Reading:

A.I.’s Prophet of Doom Wants to Shut It All Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/technology/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-book.html

AI as Normal Technology, revisited
https://www.platformer.news/ai-normal-technology-timelines-education/

Apple’s misunderstood crossbody iPhone strap might be the best I’ve seen
https://www.theverge.com/report/775498/apple-iphone-crossbody-strap-magnetic-reaction

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:29 - The Bloomberg copy desk's toxic trait
00:01:34 - This week on the show
00:01:54 - Reactions to the 2025 Apple event
00:21:26 - Interview with author and A.I. researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky

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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton. Produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney Jones. This episode was edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Katie McMurran and original music by Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Sophia Lanman and Rowan Niemisto. Fact-checking by Will Peischel. Our executive producer is Jen Poyant. Video production by Chris Schodt and Sawyer Roque. Video QC by Isabella Anderson. Podcast Art Direction by Benjamin Wilkerson Tousley. Podcast Art & Animations by Julian Hespenheide. Additional Motion graphics by Phil Robibero. Thumbnails by Julia Moburg, Elizabeth Bristow, and Yvonne Stender. Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda.

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