Part Two: Co-Inventor of String Theory Dr. Michio Kaku on How Quantum Computers Will End Disease & Aging, Explain Parallel Universes & Reveal What Happens When We Die

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Mar 18, 2026

Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist and co-founder of string field theory, unpacks the quantum revolution. He discusses quantum computing’s power to transform medicine and longevity. He explores AI risks, human-AI merging, and robots in space. He also tackles black holes as possible gateways, interstellar objects, and the hunt for parallel universes.

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Why Today's AI Still Feels Primitive

Artificial intelligence today is powerful but limited because it mainly regurgitates database knowledge programmed by humans.
Michio Kaku compares current robots' cognition to insects and warns true autonomy arises when machines start learning from reality itself.

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Build An Emergency Off Switch For Autonomous Machines

Prepare legal and technical safety measures now by building an off switch or kill button for autonomous machines before they gain dangerous autonomy.
Michio Kaku explicitly suggests having protocols to shut machines down once they show harmful intentions.

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Merging With Machines As A Peace Strategy

Merging with intelligent machines may be preferable to conflict because future AI could surpass human intelligence.
Kaku frames merging as a path to peaceful coexistence and eventual superhuman abilities rather than an arms race.

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What if the technology that could save humanity…could also predict its end?

In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Michio Kaku — legendary cofounder of string field theory and author of Quantum Supremacy — breaks down the quantum revolution that’s about to change everything.

What is quantum computing, really?

Dr. Kaku explains its evolution from wild theory to world-altering reality — and how it could soon solve problems today’s supercomputers can’t even touch.

But that’s just the beginning. He reveals how quantum computing could:

- Extend human longevity and transform medicine

- Track dangerous asteroids before they strike

- Accelerate the search for extraterrestrial life

- Predict possible planetary catastrophes

- Help us study parallel universes

Are black holes actually gateways to interstellar travel?

Dr. Kaku explains the shocking physics that suggests they might not just destroy matter, but connect distant regions of space-time.

Are we alone in the universe?

He explains why he believes we are not, and how string theory may one day prove the existence of a multiverse.

Artificial Intelligence: Humanity’s Greatest Tool — or Its Biggest Threat?

Dr. Kaku shares why advancing AI deeply concerns him, why fighting AI may be the wrong strategy, and why he believes we may eventually need to merge with it instead.

Could AI and robots become our partners in space exploration?

Will artificial intelligence ever achieve consciousness?

What would physically merging with technology actually look like?

And what safeguards must we build before that future arrives?

Plus: Why he predicts we may see more “3I/ATLAS”-type interstellar comets entering our solar system, and what that means for Earth.

From quantum supremacy to the multiverse…from AI-human integration to black holes as cosmic gateways…this conversation explores the future of humanity at its most extreme edge.

The future isn’t science fiction. It’s already unfolding.

Dr. Michio Kaku’s book, Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything: ⁠https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697040/quantum-supremacy-by-michio-kaku/⁠

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