A nation of geniuses

Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

The world’s richest companies are racing to build Artificial General Intelligence, advanced AI capable of outperforming humans at nearly every cognitive task. Journalist Jamie Bartlett tries to work out how worried he should be about reports that AGI’s arrival could prove immensely disruptive - even catastrophic. Why are even those building this technology predicting potential disaster, and when could this revolutionary technology arrive?

Endgame is supported by the Future of Life Institute.

Credits: Presented by Jamie Bartlett. Written by Jamie Bartlett and Steve O’Hagan

Series producer: Steve O’Hagan. Producer: Mike Paterson. Original music by Andrew Hale and Ian Penton-Voak.

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Endgame: Can we live with Artificial General Intelligence?

Wed, 20 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Imagine a machine that could do every mental task any human could do, except faster and better. That machine is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and a consensus is building in Silicon Valley that it is almost upon us. The Observer’s Jamie Bartlett investigates how worried we should really be, when AGI will arrive, and if there is anything we can do to stop this from being the "biggest coin toss in history".

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