Trump and the AI Safety Vibe Shift, With Robert Wright | Nonzero × Doom Debates

Bestselling author Robert Wright and I are back for round two of our collaboration, reacting to the week in AI. We cover Trump's summit with the AI labs, the FTC's investigation of OpenAI & Anthropic, the latest Gemini announcement, and much more. The Overton window is moving fast, but is the AI moving faster?

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-rc6swhQs

Timestamps

00:00:00 — Cold Open

00:00:21 — Round Two of Nonzero × Doom Debates

00:01:23 — Trump, the FTC, and an Industry Feeling the Heat

00:05:37 — Google Says Gemini 4 Exists

00:07:41 — Greg Brockman Pulls His $25M from Leading the Future

00:12:53 — The Break-Ins Keep Coming

00:15:23 — The Market Wants Agent Swarms

00:18:30 — The End of “Alignment by Default”

00:20:55 — The Prelude to Recursive Self-Improvement