AI and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning | Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov

Robert Wright and Nikita Petrov discuss whether AI spells doom for the nonfiction author—and other domains of human life—as Bob's own book on AI, The God Test, hits shelves. Plus: Hinton's journey from AI evangelist to doomer, Trump vs Anthropic, multi-Putin theory, and more. Exclusive Overtime discussion: https://www.nonzero.org/p/ai-and-our-... Order Bob's new book: https://www.amazon.com/-/he/God-Test-... Subscribe to The NonZero Newsletter at: https://www.nonzero.org/subscribe Join NonZero's Discord server:   / discord   0:00 Bob’s pub-day pitch for his new book on AI, The God Test 1:04 Is AI killing the nonfiction star? 5:32 Geoffrey Hinton’s path from AI evangelist to doomer 9:27 The future of books 18:48 Trump vs Anthropic 23:03 Are Ukrainian drone strikes rattling Putin? 32:07 The multiple Putins theory 35:04 Heading to Overtime Discussed in Overtime: Nikita's shared-dream experiment. Is Putin a rational actor? The case for non-wooly-minded one-worldism. "Kindness as strength": The Armenian model. Why powerful people are dicks. Link to schedule call with Nikita: https://calendly.com/psychopolitica/o... Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Nikita Petrov (https://psychopolitica.substack.com). Recorded June 23, 2026. Twitter:   / nonzeropods