Short street-interview transcript of Robert Ta (creator) asking passersby—including David Davil, a physics/CS student—whether AI will kill humans or take jobs. The conversation emphasizes public attitudes: skepticism that AI will cause human extinction but concern that it will automate many jobs (notably data science/CS), and a recurring theme of asking tech leaders for employment/opportunity.
Cool. Back on a busy street. Let's start asking, folks. Hey, yo, excuse me. Do you think AI is going to kill us all or take our jobs? Any hot takes, potentially. What do you mean by that? Not sure. Okay. All right, have a good day. Yo, excuse me. Do you think AI is going to kill us all? Not sure. Okay, quick question. Do you think AI is going to kill us all, take our jobs?
No, not really.
No. Tell me more. Why?
Specific jobs? Yeah, stuff like data science jobs. Yes, but stuff like. I don't know, Pete, like physical therapy. Those type of jobs that require human.
Human interactions, like nurse, doctor, physical therapy, babysitter.
CS is cooked.
Cs is cooked. Wait, all right, what do you do?
I'm physics.
You're in physics. Okay, and you're studying physics or are you?
Yeah, I'm like half physics in cs.
Okay. But CS is cooked. So what are you thinking for your future?
Like, CS in the sense that, like, actually maybe data science. I think computer science will always be there to, like, help AI. It won't completely go away.
Yeah.
But definitely, like, a lot of automation will happen.
Got it. So we'll all need. Always need some humans in the loop to kind of guide it.
Is that what you're thinking for the near future?
Got it.
Like everything.
Yeah. So. So do you think there. You think it'll take jobs but not kill us all? Like, there you don't think, like.
I don't think it'll get that extreme. I feel like. Like it's like sometimes sci fi is right and sometimes it exaggerates a lot of things, like AI taking over. I don't think that'll happen.
Do you? What? What kind of sci fi do you need to watch? You're optimistic.
Yeah.
Okay. I like that. I like that, like.
Like if you see the creator, that movie, okay, it was about AI, like, taking over and. And there was a giant war between humans. There was also an AI killing humans in, like, you know, the Dune universe. Yeah, yeah.
So, like.
Yeah, so there was also a battle between. But I'm not sure if it'll actually happen.
So quick question. I'm meeting Sam Altman next week. What should I say to him? No, not really. But what would you say to him?
I mean, I would just ask for a job.
Okay. Same thing. Like Mark Zuckerberg. Yeah. Give me a job, bro. Is that where you're at?
Give me some opportunity.
Yeah, okay. All right. Yo, what's your name? David Davil. Robert. You can find me at the Robert. We're building an open source AI alignment startup focused on existential risk. So hit me up. Yeah, take care. Have a great day. Give me a job, bro. First, what's hella funny is first thing he said was it's not going to kill us all. This is overblown. But it will take jobs. CS is cooked. I'm in cs. Sam Altman. Mark Zuckerberg. Give me a job. You got to love it, man. Mass higher give needs. You got to focus on that. Right? Hey, yo, quick question. Do you think AI is going to kill us all? Take our jobs? No. Okay, quick question, quick question. Do you think AI is going to kill us all or take our jobs? Artificial intelligence, take our jobs. Okay. All right. Well, thank you very much. Have a great day. Yeah, C sucks. Hey, yo, excuse me. Do you think AI is going to kill us all? Our ticker jobs? Maybe. Okay. All right. Maybe.
