The BasePodcastThe Ezra Klein Show61 min
Intelligence Isn't Power
According to the episode description, Ezra Klein interviews Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan, co-author of the essay “A.I. as Normal Technology”, on whether A.I. is an alien mind or closer to past technologies.
The record
- Questions
- How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading? · What values should AI have, and could it have a mind of its own?
- People
- Ezra Klein (Speaks) · Arvind Narayanan (Speaks, Professor of computer science, Princeton University; director, Center for Information Technology Policy) · Sayash Kapoor (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 12, 2026, via
pod-the-ezra-klein-show(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- The Ezra Klein Show, “Intelligence Isn't Power”, October 9, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/ezra-klein-show-2026-10-09-intelligence-isnt-power
Our notesOnly the description was read; Narayanan's arguments in the episode are not summarized here.