AI Singularity & Human Extinction: Dr. Peter Solomon on the Machine God

Is AI still just a tool — or have we started worshipping the machine?

In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson talks with Dr. Peter Solomon, author of 100 Years to Extinction and 12 Years to AI Singularity, about artificial intelligence, human extinction, Henry Adams, technology as a secular religion, and whether humanity can survive the technologies it has created.

The conversation begins with Henry Adams' "The Dynamo and the Virgin" and the idea that modern society may have replaced older moral systems with a new faith in machines, speed, efficiency, and power. From there, Dave and Dr. Solomon discuss AI singularity, sentient machines, climate collapse, nuclear risk, genetic engineering, social media algorithms, corporate power, job loss, and the political failure to put guardrails around technologies that could reshape civilization.

Dr. Solomon argues that AI represents a fork in the road: it could help humanity build a more harmonious future, or it could accelerate our worst instincts unless society, politics, and democratic institutions catch up.

Bigfoot may be hiding in the woods.
The machine is hiding in plain sight.

Learn more about Dr. Peter Solomon and his work:
https://100yearstoextinction.com/

Dr. Solomon's books:
100 Years to Extinction: The Tyranny of Technology
https://100yearstoextinction.com/100-years-book/

12 Years to AI Singularity: A Harmonious Future with Artificial Intelligence or War
https://100yearstoextinction.com/12-years-to-ai-singularity/

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