Michael Moynihan

AI position

Aware of x-risk

He hosted Robert Wright's "The God Test" episode covering the "superintelligence arms race" and AI existential stakes, and interviewed Meredith Whittaker on AI power concentration, but has no recurring personal thesis on x-risk himself.

Why influential

Builds a direct, recurring relationship with audiences through long-form or personality-led media; guests and clips can quickly alter candidate incentives and issue salience. Primary policy lanes: media; foreign policy; culture; politics.

Who pays attention

Civil-liberties advocates, independent voters, policy skeptics, journalists and cross-partisan professionals

Work samples

• AI is NOT replacing your job, it's 'degrading' it, here's how | The Moynihan Report (w/ Meredith Whittaker)

  Nov 14, 2025 · podcast

  Moynihan interviews Signal president Meredith Whittaker on AI, job degradation, and Big Tech power concentration.

• Failing 'The God Test' (w/ Robert Wright) - Members Only #333

  Jul 10, 2026 · podcast

  Fifth Column episode with Robert Wright on his book on AI and 'our coming cosmic reckoning,' covering LLMs, vibe coding, and the China superintelligence race.

• The Fifth Column - A Podcast (show homepage)

  Jul 1, 2026 · podcast

  Weekly news-commentary show co-hosted with Kmele Foster and Matt Welch.

• The Moynihan Report (show homepage)

  Jan 1, 2026 · podcast

  Moynihan's solo interview program broadcast from 2WAY's New York studio.

AI-world contactsunprocessed

• Meredith Whittaker — President, Signal Foundation

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — Prominent AI/tech-policy critic (co-founder of AI Now Institute) interviewed at length by Moynihan on AI and surveillance capitalism.