--- title: "Roman Yampolskiy: everything in the record, dated and linked" description: "Roman Yampolskiy, Computer scientist. Every dated statement and action, linked to its source, plus live headlines naming them." canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/person-roman-yampolskiy source: AI News Monitor publisher: Paciva license: CC BY 4.0 updated: 2026-11-11T12:27:15.376Z keywords: Roman Yampolskiy, Roman Yampolskiy AI, Roman Yampolskiy quotes, Roman Yampolskiy statements, Roman Yampolskiy on AI, what Roman Yampolskiy said about AI, AI leaders, AI news --- > Roman Yampolskiy, Computer scientist. Every dated statement and action, linked to its source, plus live headlines naming them. Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/person-roman-yampolskiy The record behind this page is public and citable. Every figure has a dated row behind it, and the rows are at https://monitor.paciva.ai/api/ledger # Roman Yampolskiy [Image credit](https://monitor.paciva.ai/about#credit-roman-yampolskiy) Computer scientist · University of Louisville ## Why now No headline this week names Roman Yampolskiy. ## What they said 5 dated items: statements, actions and media appearances by Roman Yampolskiy, linked to their sources and ordered newest first. - Sep 9, 2026 In the record · as compiled by Axios, statement · Warning "Stated a p(doom) estimate of 99.99 percent, as compiled by Axios" [Safety & Risk](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-safety) · [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2026/09/09/ai-doom-pdoom-kill-all-humans-anthropic) - Jun 22, 2026 In the record "Such an AI may be functionally immortal, experiencing time differently from humans, and unconstrained by human lifespans." [Safety & Risk](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-safety) · [iai.tv](https://iai.tv/articles/a-rogue-superintelligence-could-wait-decades-before-striking-auid-3604) - Sep 4, 2025 In the record "Appeared on The Diary Of A CEO podcast to discuss AI risk, job displacement, and simulation arguments." [Safety & Risk](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-safety) · [Economy](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-economy) · [apple.com](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roman-yampolskiy-these-are-the-only-5-jobs-that-will/id1291423644?i=1000724933846) - Jun 3, 2024 In the record "If we create general superintelligences, I don't see a good outcome long-term for humanity." [Safety & Risk](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-safety) · [lexfridman.com](https://lexfridman.com/roman-yampolskiy-transcript/) - Feb 11, 2024 In the record "We don't program AI, modern methods rely on machine learning for AI to self-learn from data and we don't really know what it learns and how it will act in novel situations." [General AI](https://monitor.paciva.ai/topic-general) · [courthousenews.com](https://www.courthousenews.com/uncontrollable-artificial-technology-could-lead-to-catastrophe-according-to-new-book/) [Correct this record](https://monitor.paciva.ai/notes?skind=correction&sctx=Roman%20Yampolskiy#suggest) ## Where they are named ## Stories naming Roman Yampolskiy ## Where the record shows more than one item on a topic Each line is one topic in date order. The Monitor shows the sequence and links every item; it draws no conclusion from it. - Jun 3, 2024 ["If we create general superintelligences, I don't see a good outcome long-term for humanity."](https://lexfridman.com/roman-yampolskiy-transcript/) - Sep 4, 2025 [Appeared on The Diary Of A CEO podcast to discuss AI risk, job displacement, and simulation arguments.](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roman-yampolskiy-these-are-the-only-5-jobs-that-will/id1291423644?i=1000724933846) - Jun 22, 2026 ["Such an AI may be functionally immortal, experiencing time differently from humans, and unconstrained by human lifespans."](https://iai.tv/articles/a-rogue-superintelligence-could-wait-decades-before-striking-auid-3604) - Sep 9, 2026 [Stated a p(doom) estimate of 99.99 percent, as compiled by Axios](https://www.axios.com/2026/09/09/ai-doom-pdoom-kill-all-humans-anthropic) ## Nothing on file What a filing or a published statement says about money, employment or affiliation. Each row states the relationship, the date it is filed as of, and the document it comes from. Nothing here says why anyone did anything. No interest on file for Roman Yampolskiy. The Monitor records a disclosed interest only where a filing or the person's own published statement states one. An empty list means none has been recorded, not that none exists. Every political contribution and lobbying registration on this site is also listed together in [the ledger](https://monitor.paciva.ai/#ledger). ## Compare Roman Yampolskiy with someone else Pick a second person and read both records in date order, on one screen.