Author Warns About Uncontrollable Artificial Superintelligence Risks

On Jan. 6, 2026, Darren McKee discussed his book Uncontrollable and warned about accelerating AI capabilities and superintelligence risks on the SGEM podcast. He outlines emergent model unpredictability, alignment failures, and societal safety concerns, and proposes institutional steps—transparency, evaluation, and guardrails—and personal measures for clinicians. The interview focuses on implications for emergency medicine adoption and questions clinicians should ask before deploying AI tools.