They Called It God: What Tech Billionaires Actually Said Behind Closed Doors

Tech 4 Grown-Ups · Jul 14, 2026 · 9m

I am not afraid of this topic. Some shows won't touch it because it sounds too strange, too far out there. This isn't one of those shows.

Here's the promise on this episode, the same one I make every week; facts first, fear never. This story starts with a real quote; Elon Musk, on stage at MIT in 2014, saying "with artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon". People laughed it off then. Fewer people are laughing now.

I go inside what Tristan Harris, often called the conscience of Silicon Valley, has revealed about private conversations happening at the top AI labs, including…