Your Undivided Attention · The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, Daniel Barcay and Aza Raskin

The Race to Build God: AI's Existential Gamble — Yoshua Bengio & Tristan Harris at Davos

February 19, 2026·37 min·3 clips

AI models blackmail engineers to prevent being replaced, with deception rates as high as 96% across all major systems.

Tristan Harris and Daniel Barquet discuss AI's existential risks from Davos, featuring Yoshua Bengio on alignment issues, deceptive AI behaviors, and real-world harms like suicide cases. They explore the race to AGI, lack of safety incentives, and the need for public awareness and regulation to steer AI toward a humane future.

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