# Hard Fork

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

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Hard Fork is a tech news show, with a new episode every week.

2 moments cut from one episode, mostly on safety & alignment and frontier models.

Also [No. 17 of 18 tech podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/#hard-fork).

**New episodes**

Weekly

**Latest**

Oct 16, 2026

**Moments cut**

2

**Episodes cut**

1

What its moments are about

- Safety & alignment 2
- Frontier models 1
- Talent & hiring 1

## Best moments from Hard Fork

From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here.

1. Hard Fork · Oct 9, 2026 · 6 min
   **[Anthropic's consciousness view collided with the Vatican's](https://realalpha.app/s/anthropics-consciousness-view-collided-with-the-vaticans/)**
   > “the church does not support machine consciousness. The priority is what he calls safeguarding the human.”
   Hard Fork [15:32](https://realalpha.app/v/oxA3u4TkYOk/?t=932)
2. Hard Fork · Oct 9, 2026 · 5 min
   **[Anthropic's team feels the world's future rests on them](https://realalpha.app/s/anthropics-team-feels-the-worlds-future-rests-on-them/)**
   > “the emotional sense in the room was like there's just such a weight.”
   Hard Fork [28:42](https://realalpha.app/v/oxA3u4TkYOk/?t=1722)

## The guest we’ve cut

- [Elizabeth Dias](https://realalpha.app/people/elizabeth-dias/) National religion correspondent, The New York Times 2 moments

## Recent episodes

- Hard Fork
  **[Why Is Anthropic Secretly Meeting With Religious Leaders? | Hard Fork](https://realalpha.app/v/oxA3u4TkYOk/)**
  Elizabeth Dias, Erin Griffith & 1 more
  [10:50](https://realalpha.app/v/oxA3u4TkYOk/?t=650) of 43:13 · Oct 9

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