What Richard Socher has said about AI existential risk
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 3, 2026
Richard Socher, AI researcher, founder of You.com and co-founder and CEO of Recursive, author of The Eureka Machine, has been quoted on AI existential risk once in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on October 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Socher argues there is no realistic scenario in which AI wipes out all of humanity, putting P(doom) at zero.
“there is no realistic scenario where AI wipes out all of humanity. Sure. Like number one. What kind of reassurance is that, Richard? Doom is zero”
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Episodes
Recursive's $670M Bet on Self-Improving AI, Sonnet 5.5 Hits 70%, Elon Co-Leads Pentagon Push | EP #299Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 3, 2026 · 2 h 27 min
Peter Diamandis and his co-hosts interview Richard Socher about Recursive's self-improving AI, ASI timelines, AI doomerism, new frontier models, and the Pentagon's Project Meridian.
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- Bernie Sanders · 2 quotes
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Richard Socher on other topics
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- Project Meridian · 1 quote
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- Recursive self-improvement · 1 quote
- Virtual cell models · 1 quote