Mike Israetel, PhD

Mike Israetel, PhD

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Sport physiologist; cofounder Renaissance Periodization; hypertrophy, strength, programming, and recovery.

AI Will Eventually Feel Like Humans, Not Just Possible
SocialApr 23, 2026

AI Will Eventually Feel Like Humans, Not Just Possible

To me, it’s WHEN AI will be able to have humanlike feelings, not IF. What do you guys think?

By Mike Israetel, PhD
Paradox: Fearing Unstoppable AI yet Fearing Its Jailbreak
SocialApr 22, 2026

Paradox: Fearing Unstoppable AI yet Fearing Its Jailbreak

AI doomers: If we fear that artificially superintelligent systems can be jailbroken by rogue actors and then misused to do harm, doesn’t that mean that if such systems attack us on their own accord, we can jailbreak them and stop them? If...

By Mike Israetel, PhD
Superintelligence Would Preserve Earth to Maintain Its Model
SocialApr 21, 2026

Superintelligence Would Preserve Earth to Maintain Its Model

Why would artificial superintelligence likely try to destroy as little of our civilization and of the planet as possible? Here’s my best guess: ASI might study us to try to understand ALL of the complexity of ecosystems and societies and psychologies all...

By Mike Israetel, PhD
Superintelligent AI Would Study, Not Destroy Humanity
SocialApr 21, 2026

Superintelligent AI Would Study, Not Destroy Humanity

It's beyond debate in my view (I don't literally mean that, it's just one-sided) that ASI will be able to toast all of us after it has billions of robots and runs the majority of the economy. The real question...

By Mike Israetel, PhD
Instrumental Cooperation, Not Moral Alignment, Drives Human and Machine Values
SocialApr 21, 2026

Instrumental Cooperation, Not Moral Alignment, Drives Human and Machine Values

I was having a great discussion with an X user about AI alignment. His thoughtful claim was that while it's easy to see machines instrumentally (based on logical needs) aligning with humans for their own survival, it's much tougher to...

By Mike Israetel, PhD
Superintelligent AI Won’t Threaten Humans More Than Humans
SocialApr 20, 2026

Superintelligent AI Won’t Threaten Humans More Than Humans

AI Doomers, please let me ask you an open question: Why would superintelligent AI have any more reason to kill all humans than any superintelligent human (Elon, Einstein, Von Neumann) would? (My view is that intelligent systems concerned with their own survival...

By Mike Israetel, PhD
AI Hype Thumbnails Overstate Marginal Improvements
SocialApr 19, 2026

AI Hype Thumbnails Overstate Marginal Improvements

Public service announcement: When YouTube thumbnails say ‘It’s OVER’ or ‘(insert AI company here) IS DONE’ … … this means essentially nothing. Actually it means ‘another marginal bit amazing improvement, to report, please watch my video about it.’

By Mike Israetel, PhD
AI Creativity Set to Surpass Humans Within Years
SocialApr 8, 2026

AI Creativity Set to Surpass Humans Within Years

For the record, I think there's nothing in principle that will stop machine intelligences from having VASTLY more creativity than humans, and soon. In the next few years, very likely. I also think this is AMAZING, because when we're all...

By Mike Israetel, PhD
White‑hat Access to Frontier AI Pre‑empts Cyber Threats
SocialApr 8, 2026

White‑hat Access to Frontier AI Pre‑empts Cyber Threats

I’m waaaay out of my depth here, but I think the cyber security threat of increasingly powerful AI (like that of the recent Claude Mythos model) can be addressed like so: 1.) The frontier labs developing these newest models give access...

By Mike Israetel, PhD
Future AI: Smarter Than Us, Less Violent
SocialMar 16, 2026

Future AI: Smarter Than Us, Less Violent

Future AI will almost certainly be: Smarter Than Humans. Less Violent Than Humans. https://t.co/ahRBnHoPsB via @YouTube @MLStreetTalk

By Mike Israetel, PhD
Keeping Nuclear Cuts Fossil Use and Electricity Costs
SocialMar 8, 2026

Keeping Nuclear Cuts Fossil Use and Electricity Costs

Being anti nuclear is ok! But giving it some thought and checking your assumptions might be a decent idea. Nuclear is surprisingly one of the cleanest and SAFEST forms of energy generation. And at the limit, one of the cheapest...

By Mike Israetel, PhD