Kevin Roose Is AGI-Pilled: Why Aren't You?
The author of The AGI Chronicles and co-host of Machine Gods on going all-in on YouTube and the AI race.
By Nilay Patel
Kevin Roose, a longtime technology journalist and author, has become one of the most vocal proponents of artificial general intelligence (AGI) — the idea that AI systems will soon match or surpass human-level performance across virtually all cognitive tasks. In this conversation with Nilay Patel, Roose discusses his new book, The AGI Chronicles, his podcast Machine Gods, and why he believes the AI race is accelerating faster than most people realize. As 2026 unfolds, with AGI timelines compressing and AI capabilities expanding rapidly, Roose argues that the public and policymakers need to pay far more attention to the seismic shifts already underway.
via The Verge AI