Is AI Outsmarting Us? Part Two of the Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev (461)

In part two, Dr. Petr Lebedev and I dive deeper into how modern AI systems are grown, not programmed, and the emergence of Shutdown Resistance. We explore AI performance in math and coding competitions, the rapid evolution of ChatGPT models, and why companies are already letting AI write the majority of their code. Petr explains how huge investments globally are pushing these systems forward faster than we can fully understand or control. The final episode in this 3 part series drops next week! Linkedin: Petr Lebedev palisaderesearch.org/

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Is AI Outsmarting Us? Part Two of the Great AI Safety Debrief with Dr. Petr Lebedev (461)

Feb 14, 2026

In part two, Dr. Petr Lebedev and I dive deeper into
how modern AI systems are grown, not programmed, and the
emergence of Shutdown Resistance. We explore AI performance in math
and coding competitions, the rapid evolution of ChatGPT models, and
why companies are already letting AI write the majority of their
code. Petr explains how huge investments globally are pushing these
systems forward faster than we can fully understand or control.

The final episode in this 3 part series drops next week!

Linkedin: Petr Lebedev

palisaderesearch.org/

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