# Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy - Monitoring Update Accessed: 2026-09-01 ## Scope Twice-monthly maintenance check for the Managing Expectations AI section anchor: - Page section: `ai.html#roman-yampolskiy` - Prior source notes: - `research/ai/roman-yampolskiy-source-note-2026-05-18.md` - `research/ai/roman-yampolskiy-update-2026-08-15.md` - Editorial rule: treat Yampolskiy's position as a serious AI-safety/risk argument, not as settled consensus, prophecy, or a measured probability. ## Sources checked ### Official / professional sources 1. Personal/professional website - URL: https://www.romanyampolskiy.com/ - Result: reachable. - Observed page metadata still showed `article:modified_time` / schema `dateModified` as `2026-05-19T08:05:27+00:00`. - No new September 2026 update marker was verified on the site during this check. 2. University of Louisville faculty page - URL: https://faculty.cse.louisville.edu/roman/ - Result: reachable. - Visible public role remained: Roman V. Yampolskiy, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Speed School of Engineering; Director, Cybersecurity Laboratory; Department of Computer Engineering & Computer Science. - No new dated update marker was verified on the faculty page during this check. 3. Google Scholar profile - URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0_Rq68cAAAAJ&hl=en - Result: reachable in this environment. - This check did not verify a new post-Aug. 15 paper from the visible Scholar/profile access. ResearchGate/search snippets mentioned a May 2026 chapter and January 2026 article, but those predate this maintenance window and were treated as background leads rather than new updates. 4. Official YouTube / Roman Forum feed - Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RomanYampolskiy - Feed: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCPIq6Bb-1iLmqyksJjy4kLQ - Result: active. - New feed entries after the Aug. 15 note were verified: - `Nate Soares on AI Alignment` - short published 2026-08-20; URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X22vHz2B9ts - `AI Could Make the Economy Double Every Month | Robin Hanson` - published 2026-08-25; URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qedO44ZBlU - YouTube page/oEmbed checks verified the titles and channel. Page metadata for the Robin Hanson episode showed `uploadDate` / `publishDate` 2026-08-25 and `lengthSeconds` 7269. Page metadata for the Nate Soares short showed `uploadDate` / `publishDate` 2026-08-20 and `lengthSeconds` 22. ### Social / platform pages checked - X/Twitter: https://x.com/romanyam - reachable as public HTML and exposed serialized post metadata, but this unattended check did not rely on X alone for any public-page update. - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanyam - blocked/rate-limited with HTTP 999 during this check. - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romanyam/ - reachable as a platform shell; individual post extraction was not reliable from this unattended environment. - Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrRomanYampolskiy/ - reachable as a platform shell; individual post extraction was not reliable from this unattended environment. ### Search / discovery checks - Web/news/video/podcast searches were run for recent Yampolskiy AI-safety, interview, podcast, paper, appearance, and `AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable` leads. - New or newly surfaced post-Aug. 15 public appearance leads included: - Danny Jones Podcast / YouTube: `"Only 2 Years Left" AI Whistleblower Warns What Comes Next | Roman Yampolskiy`; URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebWFexw51qM; podcast/iHeart page: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-danny-jones-podcast-30944718/episode/424-only-2-years-left-341934014/; published 2026-08-21 according to YouTube/iHeart metadata. - BTC Sessions / The Bit Signal: `We Have ONE Last Chance to Contain AI - Or We're ALL Doomed | Roman Yampolskiy`; URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJuD3tBSJWg; source page: https://thebitsignal.com/shows/btc-sessions/we-have-one-last-chance-to-contain-ai-or-we-re-all-doomed-roman-yampolsk. Search/page snippets showed it as a recent BTC Sessions/Mentor Sessions interview; exact publication date was not independently extracted from page metadata during this run, so it remains an appearance lead. - Older or non-window items were not used as new updates: - Silicon Valley Girl / Marina Mogilko episode `AI Safety Expert: No One Is Ready for What's Coming in 2 Years | Roman Yampolskiy` was verified as April 20, 2026, so it is not new for this run. - VladTV `AI Has a 99.9% Chance of Wiping Out Humanity` was verified by YouTube metadata as uploaded June 26, 2026, so it is not new for this run. - Theories of Everything / Curt Jaimungal `We're Simulated. AI Is Conscious. And We Can't Win` was verified as June 2026, so it is not new for this run. ## New or newly logged public materials since 2026-08-15 ### Verified official-channel material 1. `Nate Soares on AI Alignment` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X22vHz2B9ts - Published: 2026-08-20. - Source status: official Roman Forum / Yampolskiy YouTube short. - Relevance: current short-form alignment/control-risk messaging tied to the same severe AI-safety frame already tracked on the page. 2. `AI Could Make the Economy Double Every Month | Robin Hanson` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qedO44ZBlU - Published: 2026-08-25. - Source status: official Roman Forum / Yampolskiy YouTube channel upload. - Relevance: meaningful new long-form Roman Forum episode with Robin Hanson, focused on AI takeoff speed, AI-fueled economic growth, foom debates, markets, governance and the future of work. - Caution: Hanson's economic-growth and takeoff arguments are debate/forecast material, not proof that any specific growth or safety outcome will occur. ### Verified public appearance material 1. `"Only 2 Years Left" AI Whistleblower Warns What Comes Next | Roman Yampolskiy` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebWFexw51qM - Podcast page: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-danny-jones-podcast-30944718/episode/424-only-2-years-left-341934014/ - Published: 2026-08-21. - Channel/show: Danny Jones. - Source status: public YouTube/podcast interview; YouTube oEmbed verified title/channel and page metadata showed upload/publish date. - Relevance: substantive post-Aug. 15 interview covering superintelligence risk, consciousness, simulation arguments, government response, human-AI merger and AI-generated media. - Caution: the source title uses dramatic time-limit framing. For Managing Expectations, frame it as a severe AI-safety interview, not as proof that a two-year deadline is established fact. ### Appearance lead needing stronger date/source verification 1. `We Have ONE Last Chance to Contain AI - Or We're ALL Doomed | Roman Yampolskiy` - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJuD3tBSJWg - Source page: https://thebitsignal.com/shows/btc-sessions/we-have-one-last-chance-to-contain-ai-or-we-re-all-doomed-roman-yampolsk - Source status: public BTC Sessions / The Bit Signal appearance lead. Search snippets indicated a recent upload and the page provided show notes, but this run did not independently extract exact publication metadata. - Caution: do not present the title's `doomed` framing as Managing Expectations' conclusion. ## Editorial update made Meaningful new public material was found: a new official Roman Forum long-form Robin Hanson episode, a new official Roman Forum Nate Soares short, and a new Danny Jones long-form public interview. The AI page was updated with a concise latest-check paragraph and the latest source-note link now points to this Sept. 1 note. Public framing used: > Latest check, Sept. 1, 2026: Yampolskiy's official Roman Forum feed added a new long-form Robin Hanson episode on AI takeoff speed, foom debates, markets, governance and work, plus a Nate Soares short on AI alignment. A new Danny Jones interview was also verified. Treat these as current severe AI-risk and AI-economics debate materials, not proof that any exact timeline, `P(doom)` estimate or catastrophic outcome is settled consensus. ## Caution / verification labels - `Verified`: official website reachable; University page reachable; Google Scholar reachable; official YouTube RSS reachable; Robin Hanson Roman Forum episode verified via feed/page/oEmbed; Nate Soares short verified via feed/page/oEmbed; Danny Jones interview verified via YouTube page/oEmbed and podcast page. - `No new official-site update`: personal website metadata still showed May 19, 2026 modification date. - `Platform-limited`: Instagram and Facebook pages were reachable but not reliably extractable for individual posts in the unattended cron environment. - `Blocked/rate-limited`: LinkedIn returned HTTP 999. - `Appearance lead`: BTC Sessions / The Bit Signal page found and source page opened, but exact publication date was not independently extracted, so it should not drive public copy until confirmed. - `Framing caution`: severe AI-risk views, titles, timelines and `P(doom)` estimates should be presented as arguments/forecasts, not as settled facts or prophecy.