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  "id": 2095930,
  "title": "Odd Lots: What Happens if AI Solves Every Problem (Podcast)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/odd-lots-what-happens-if-ai-solves-every-problem-podcast",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-20T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-08-20/odd-lots-what-happens-if-ai-solves-every-problem-podcast"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The philosopher Nick Bostrom was one of the first thinkers who mapped out the existential risk of AI. In his 2014 book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, he delved into various scenarios — like the now-famous “paperclip maximizer” — to show the dangers that unfettered and highly intelligent AI posed to humans. A decade later, in Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World, he…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}