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Club Random with Bill Maher · May 18, 2026 · 1h 18m

will.i.am | Club Random with Bill Maher

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Bill Maher and will.i.am have a wide-ranging conversation that spans AI, creativity, and the future of humanity. Will, who teaches agentic systems at ASU, challenges Bill’s fears about artificial intelligence while admitting the next decade could spiral if humans don’t become more humane. They also dig into cancel culture, why the Black Eyed Peas pulled “Let’s Get Retarded,” generational anxiety, and the China-U.S. rivalry. Will opens up about the panic attack that reshaped his life after smoking weed in 1993 and explains why he believes education, not outrage, is the real key to tackling inequality.

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Highlights

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The Next Decade of AI Could Get Chaotic Without More Humane Humans
will.i.am argues that AI's potential for chaos in the coming decade is less about the technology itself and more about human inhumanity.
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Pulling “Let’s Get Retarded” Was a Lesson in Evolving Language
The Black Eyed Peas removed their early hit from streaming platforms because the word had become widely recognized as a slur.
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A Weed Panic Attack in 1993 Became a Life-Changing Turning Point
Will describes a severe panic attack after smoking weed that forced him to reassess his life.
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Education, Not Outrage, Is the Real Solution to Inequality
will.i.am contends that systemic inequality should be addressed through education rather than through reactive outrage.
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Aliens Might Already Be Here—And That Changes Everything
Bill and Will debate the possibility that extraterrestrials have already visited Earth.
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Misc

✧Will teaches AI and 'agentic systems' at Arizona State University.
✧They debated the problem of AI chatbots hallucinating facts.
✧The Black Eyed Peas pulled 'Let's Get Retarded' from streaming platforms, acknowledging the word's evolution into a slur.
✧Will described a life-changing panic attack from smoking weed in 1993.
✧Bill and Will debated whether aliens are already here, touching on government secrecy and human exceptionalism.
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