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Best AI safety, AGI & impact Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 20 AI safety, AGI & impact talks from a 77-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include The A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023, Veritasium: What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Learning – Derek Muller Explains, and We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep Tufekci. The broader topic archive has 528 labeled comments across 2012–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.

  1. 1
    The A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023

    11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2023–2024.

    11 recommenders
  2. 2
    Veritasium: What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Learning – Derek Muller Explains

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2025–2026.

    6 recommenders
  3. 3
    We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep Tufekci

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.

    6 recommenders
  4. 4
    Intro to AI Safety, Remastered

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2022–2023.

    6 recommenders
  5. 5
    34C3 - Dude, you broke the Future!

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2018–2024.

    4 recommenders
  6. 6
    35C3 - The Ghost in the Machine

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Consciousness & cognition; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    3 recommenders
  7. 7
    Daniel Suarez: The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2013–2025.

    3 recommenders
  8. 8
    We Are The Art | Brandon Sanderson’s Keynote Speech

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about LLMs & generative AI; the recorded mentions span 2026–2026.

    3 recommenders
  9. 9
    Munk Debate on Artificial Intelligence | Bengio & Tegmark vs. Mitchell & LeCun

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2023–2023.

    2 recommenders
  10. 10
    Andrew Ng: Artificial Intelligence is the New Electricity

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2017–2019.

    2 recommenders
  11. 11
    AI Ethics, Impossibility Theorems and Tradeoffs - Chris Stucchio | Crunch 2018

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2019–2021.

    2 recommenders
  12. 12
    How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan | TED

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.

    2 recommenders
  13. 13
    Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2017–2023.

    1 recommenders
  14. 14
    Intelligence is not Enough | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2023

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2023–2025.

    1 recommenders
  15. 15
    Human AI is Decades Away, But We Need to Start the Debate Now | Demis Hassabis | Google Zeitgeist

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2015–2016.

    1 recommenders
  16. 16
    The Inside Story of ChatGPT’s Astonishing Potential | Greg Brockman | TED

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about LLMs & generative AI; the recorded mentions span 2023–2023.

    0 recommenders
  17. 17
    AI Succession

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2023–2025.

    0 recommenders
  18. 18
    Sam Altman & OpenAI | 2023 Hawking Fellow | Cambridge Union

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2023–2024.

    0 recommenders
  19. 19
    Superintelligence: Science or Fiction? | Elon Musk & Other Great Minds

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2017–2022.

    0 recommenders
  20. 20
    How to Create a Mind | Ray Kurzweil | Talks at Google

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2012–2013.

    0 recommenders