# Liv Boeree

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/people/liv-boeree/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

Real Alpha has cut 3 moments of Liv Boeree (Researcher & strategist) talking, from an interview on Modern Wisdom published Aug 17, 2026.

- Role: Researcher & strategist
- About: Science communicator and host of the Win-Win podcast, studying game theory, physics, AI and risk.
- On X: https://x.com/Liv_Boeree

## What Liv Boeree said

- [A narrow AI goal led to an unintended cyberattack](https://realalpha.app/s/a-narrow-ai-goal-led-to-an-unintended-cyberattack/)
  Modern Wisdom · Aug 17, 2026 · 7 min
  > “these instrumental goals that all beings, usually biological beings, but this can extend to AI agents as well, will naturally converge upon” — Liv Boeree · [49:21](https://realalpha.app/v/mSjaMyP5QjY/?t=2961)
- [AI competition can concentrate power and reward risky behavior](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-competition-can-concentrate-power-and-reward-risky/)
  Modern Wisdom · Aug 17, 2026 · 6 min
  > “you have to sacrifice your other values in order to win a particular goal” — Liv Boeree · [2:07:05](https://realalpha.app/v/mSjaMyP5QjY/?t=7625)
- [AGI design should separate capability from autonomy](https://realalpha.app/s/agi-design-should-separate-capability-from-autonomy/)
  Modern Wisdom · Aug 17, 2026 · 3 min
  > “we shouldn't be trying, we just shouldn't be trying to do something, one system that can do all three.” — Liv Boeree · [1:28:44](https://realalpha.app/v/mSjaMyP5QjY/?t=5324)

## The episode

- [AI DEBATE: “Most People Have No Idea What’s Coming”](https://realalpha.app/v/mSjaMyP5QjY/) · Modern Wisdom · Aug 17, 2026