Roman Yampolskiy: why a superintelligent world resists prediction

‘If we create something super intelligent and it is what determines our economy … then we cannot make accurate predictions about it’

EXCERPT

YAMPOLSKIY: "What, what does their world look like in five years, 10 years? What does the world look like in, in 15 years? So a big part of my research is this idea of unpredictability. You cannot accurately predict actions of a smarter agent. And so if we create something super intelligent and it is what determines our economy, our environment, then we cannot make accurate predictions about it. It's not exciting to say that, but that's the reality of it. Mm."

Source: The Karl Stefanovic Show · Sep 27, 2026 · 26s clip