# Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy - Monitoring Update Accessed: 2026-07-01 ## Scope Twice-monthly maintenance check for the Managing Expectations AI section anchor: - Page section: `ai.html#roman-yampolskiy` - Prior source note: `research/ai/roman-yampolskiy-source-note-2026-05-18.md` - Editorial rule: treat Yampolskiy's position as a serious AI-safety/risk argument, not as settled consensus or prophecy. ## Sources checked ### Official / professional sources 1. Personal/professional website - URL: https://www.romanyampolskiy.com/ - Result: reachable. Page schema reports `dateModified` as `2026-05-19T08:05:27+00:00`. - No private contact details were collected. Public/professional links only. 2. University of Louisville faculty page - URL: https://faculty.cse.louisville.edu/roman/ - Result: reachable. HTTP `Last-Modified` header observed as `Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:46:45 GMT`; no 2026 update marker found on the page text during this check. 3. Google Scholar profile - URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0_Rq68cAAAAJ - Result: reachable. The visible top publication list remains dominated by older/high-citation items and the 2024 book `AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable`; this check did not verify a new 2026 paper from the Scholar page. 4. Official YouTube channel / RSS feed - Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RomanYampolskiy - RSS feed resolved to channel ID `UCPIq6Bb-1iLmqyksJjy4kLQ`. - Result: active 2026 channel/feed with several recent uploads. ### Social / platform pages checked - X/Twitter: https://x.com/romanyam - page reachable as JavaScript shell; individual post extraction not reliable from this unattended environment. - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanyam - HTTP 429 / rate-limited during this check. - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romanyam/ - page reachable as platform shell; individual post extraction not reliable from this unattended environment. - Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrRomanYampolskiy/ - page reachable as platform shell; individual post extraction not reliable from this unattended environment. ### Search / discovery checks - Google web search for recent 2026 material was blocked by Google's automated-query interstitial. - DuckDuckGo HTML search returned a bot challenge. - Bing search was reachable but returned poor/irrelevant `Roman` results for the tested query. - YouTube search via `yt-dlp` was used as a practical discovery fallback for recent public appearances and reuploads. ## New or newly logged public materials ### Verified from the official YouTube RSS feed 1. `AI's Recursive Self-Improvement Loop` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N92dUQnr8R4 - Published: 2026-06-19T21:40:15+00:00 - Source status: official YouTube feed. 2. `Recursive Self-Improvement Has Already Begun | Anthony Aguirre` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Q4Ccvdl2A - Published: 2026-06-19T16:50:34+00:00 - Source status: official YouTube feed / Roman Forum channel. 3. `The Coming War Over Superintelligence` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQnBW7WkT4I - Published: 2026-06-10T16:02:50+00:00 - Source status: official YouTube feed / Roman Forum channel. 4. `AI Safety Expert: Ban Superintelligence!` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-vThaJN9A - Published: 2026-05-06T14:06:40+00:00 - Source status: official YouTube feed. Note: uploaded before the prior May 18 source-note date, but not separately summarized in that note. 5. `Welcome to the Roman Forum` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kyozuy7bUI - Published: 2026-04-13T22:01:49+00:00 - Source status: official YouTube feed. Useful context: confirms the public YouTube channel/format now functions as a standing "Roman Forum" venue. ### Public YouTube appearance/discovery leads verified with metadata These are public YouTube records found through YouTube search/metadata. They should be treated as appearance/discovery records, not as official research papers. 1. `AI Safety Expert: No One Is Ready for What's Coming in 2 Years | Roman Yampolskiy` - Channel: Silicon Valley Girl - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00RHph_eok4 - Upload date verified by metadata: 2026-04-17 - Relevance: recent public-facing AI-risk interview. 2. `AI Safety Expert: Humanity's Last Invention- 99.99% Chance of Extinction | Dr. Roman Yampolskiy` - Channel: Jack Neel - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hns1g4dm0Qo - Upload date verified by metadata: 2025-12-30 - Relevance: severe public AI-risk interview; older than this run but useful for the appearance trail. 3. `The AI Safety Expert: These Are The Only 5 Jobs That Will Remain In 2030! - Dr. Roman Yampolskiy` - Channel: The Diary Of A CEO - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UclrVWafRAI - Upload date verified by metadata: 2025-09-04 - Relevance: high-visibility mainstream interview; older than this run. 4. `Joe Rogan Experience #2345 - Roman Yampolskiy` - Channel: PowerfulJRE - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2i9D24KQ5k - Upload date verified by metadata: 2025-07-03 - Relevance: high-visibility long-form appearance; older than this run. ## Editorial update made Meaningful new material was found: the official YouTube/Roman Forum feed has current June 2026 uploads, including recursive self-improvement and superintelligence-war themes. The AI page should note this active channel without overstating the claims. Recommended public framing: > Latest check: Yampolskiy's official YouTube/Roman Forum feed is active in 2026, with June uploads on recursive self-improvement and superintelligence conflict. Treat these as current public risk arguments and interview/forum materials - not proof that the most severe timelines are settled. ## Caution / verification labels - `Verified`: official website reachable; University page reachable; official YouTube RSS feed and video metadata records for listed uploads. - `Platform-limited`: X, Instagram and Facebook pages were reachable but not reliably extractable for individual posts in the unattended cron environment. - `Rate-limited`: LinkedIn returned HTTP 429. - `Blocked search`: Google and DuckDuckGo automated search routes were blocked by bot/anomaly challenges. - `Lead only`: YouTube search results outside the official channel should be treated as appearance leads unless separately checked against the channel/video page metadata.