HeyJaredBrian Barrett
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Whatever AI Safety Is, It’s Not This (opens the original)
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Here’s a fun history lesson for you. Don’t worry, we’ll make it quick! In 1966, nearly 51,000 people died on US highways. The overwhelming evidence suggested that many lives could have been saved with modern seat belts, which by then had been around for several years. The automotive industry responded by rallying together, and, in a triumph of self-regulation, voluntarily put the safety feature in every new vehicle that rolled off the line. Kidding! Of course they didn’t do that. In the fall of
Trumpâs âMorally Bindingâ AI âAccord,â the Rise of AI Agents, and Extremists on the Ballot (opens the original)
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This week on Uncanny Valley, Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger discuss the âmorally bindingâ AI accord tech executives signed following a meeting with Donald Trump. Theyâve agreed that AI labs will regulate themselvesâshould work out great. Plus, the team digs into OpenAIâs Developer Day, where CEO Sam Altman introduced AI agents for normies, otherwise known as Dots; how AI agents are coming to workplaces near you; and a quick rundown of the most extremist candidates runnin
Hereâs What the AI Apocalypse Could Look Like (opens the original)
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The debate of whether AI can kill us has been everywhere lately, but what would an actual AI catastrophe look like? This week, Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger break down three real-world scenarios experts worry the most aboutâincluding hacked water supplies, bioweapons, and autonomous robots. We also discuss the highlights of Salesforceâs annual conference, where OpenAIâs Sam Altman and Anthropicâs Dario Amodei defended their positions on AI safety. Plus, Leah tells us how
Is AI Actually Going to Kill Us All? (opens the original)
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This week on Uncanny Valley, an AI researcher’s resignation from Anthropic went viral on social media after he claimed there’s a real chance AI could wipe out humanity within a decade. WIRED’s Will Knight joins Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger to assess whether the doom narrative is overblown or overdue. We also discuss Apple’s debut of its $2,000 foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, and the new “always listening” Apple Watch features that have Brian feeling more than a little uneasy. Plus, a WIRED inv
Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested (opens the original)
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Uncanny Valley is back! This week, senior writer Kate Knibbs joins Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger to discuss the two incidents that have been making noise in prediction markets: George Santos getting lifetime ban from Kalshi and a Google engineer’s Polymarket insider-trading case. Plus, reporters reverse-engineered Flock’s AI-powered person-search tool and spoke to experts about the accuracy of such technology, and the hosts unpack the online meltdown over how to talk about “rogue”
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