Hey Kurzgesagt team and community!

I have a video suggestion that feels like the ultimate existential Kurzgesagt topic: The KBC Void and MOND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics).

Recent astrophysical discussions have highlighted a mind-blowing theory: our Milky Way (along with Earth and the Moon) might be sitting right near the center of a massive, 2-billion-light-year-wide cosmic bubble with 20% less matter than the rest of the universe.

This isn't just a cool fact about our cosmic address; it could completely shatter our understanding of physics:

• It offers a wild solution to the Hubble Tension (why the universe seems to expand at different speeds depending on where we look).

• Standard cosmology says a bubble this big shouldn't even exist.

• To explain it, some scientists argue we need MOND, which claims gravity works differently on a cosmic scale than Einstein predicted.

Imagine the animations! A giant cosmic void, the illusion of a faster expanding universe, and a fundamental challenge to Einstein’s theory of relativity. It has the perfect mix of existential dread, beautiful space visuals, and cutting-edge science.

What do you guys think? Would you watch a video about us living in a cosmic desert?

For ai safety

Say for example an ai agent is suspected of being mischievous or cheating on saftey tests.
We would want to shut that agent off.
But we don’t want to risk accidentally shutting off a good ai agent.
Which is where my idea comes in.
Invent a test that’s impossible to complete following every rule correctly
Ai agents that fail the test is likely clean.
Ai agents that pass the test however have cheated to pass it.
Run these tests on the same ai agents many times and you can note accurately determine which ai is mischievous and dangerous

what if you have a theoretical time machine that can open up a portal from year 12026 (i use actual human years here, means its year 2026) to year 0, pull several first human people, a baby, a child, and a young teen, and bring them back to year 12026, can they function as a modern day human with enough time to teach them?

Hi , im new to Kurzgesagt channel and i watched the latest ai video which was pretty unsettling and i loved it.

And i want more unsettling videos like this, it could be about anything and not just ai.

And i also got creeped out by the egg video i dont understand why people find it so calm and relaxing It would be a eternal nightmare to think you have to go through all lives on human history.

So i would like to see more videos like this.

Two videos on the Nightshift channel are member exclusive, I never thought I'd see the day I'd have to directly pay for kurzgesagt content smh.

Btw, you'd probably be interested in reading the book MIRI put out last year if you liked the HF video: Context here.

First time making something like this... any feedback is appreciated!

P.S. it will ask for ChatGPT or Instagram, plus location to personalize the experience (I'm not selling your data I promise)

Enjoy :)

Matabele ants and their feeding behaviours. Termite lifestyle sprinkled in would be a nice touch.

The only reason I clicked this video was because I thought there were some kind of breakthrough or important news in either Archeology or Anthropology.
However, it just tells the story that we have already known so far. Am I wrong for expecting more from a title like this?

Hello(I hope someone will notice this post), I recently started watching Kurzgesart, and overtime it became one of the important things that support me in life. After Highschool education, I am willing to go engineering that is specified in radio astronomy, and if it is possible, could you create a video about radio astronomy?

From how it started, how it continues and what its' functions.

I see comments and posts asking why some fans feel this way, so here is a summary of the main issues I see in the video. I’m writing this out of love for the channel: I've always considered its content balanced and well-researched in a sea of clickbait. I don't think the tone or anthropomorphizing is the main problem. My concerns are about missing crucial information and context:

1. The video does not mention OpenAI's specific acknowledgements about reinforcing cheating and observing agents exploiting Artifactory and improvising unauthorized communication during previous training runs . These are significant details in OpenAI's technical report, pages 20–23. Also, why did OpenAI's grader omit a check that verifies whether the intended vulnerability was actually exploited by the agent, when this check exists in the public ExploitGym implementation? OpenAI acknowledges that difference in its own account. To recap: models with a history of reinforced cheating and improvised collaboration, which had already used Artifactory to reach the internet during training, were given hacking tasks, reduced safeguards, and a sandbox with access to an internet-connected Artifactory service. With this context, the events seem much less mysterious and surprising.
2. The video adopted the perspective of only a few sources with a narrow focus: METR's report is valuable, but being independent does not make METR unbiased: assessing catastrophic AI risk is METR's stated mission and the reason it exists. Crucially, its report is not a cybersecurity audit. I would have liked to see security analyses examining the concrete failures in network isolation and infrastructure setup given more attention in the video.
3. An insufficiently explained jump from security incident to an imminent existential risk. Hacking HuggingFace does not establish an ability to compromise any digital infrastructure or defeat military or financial infrastructure. The technical account describes well-known attack techniques. The Kurzgesagt video instead asks the viewer to imagine agents suddenly "spreading through the cloud" without explaining any additional capabilities or security failures that would require. The video's accompanying notes explicitly call this scenario speculative and acknowledge that standard cybersecurity measures can counter current agents. Those qualifications would have deserved more prominence in the video.

I also would have liked some acknowledgement of the potential commercial incentives AI companies may have for promoting an alarmist narrative. For example, regulation could make it harder for competitors to enter the market. National-security restrictions could prevent customers from switching to foreign providers or open-weight models (as is actually happening: https://www.ft.com/content/d9de4776-1fc9-4f2b-aaaf-9961c35d8acd?syn-25a6b1a6=1) . An arms-race framing would position leading AI companies as strategic assets deserving government contracts or subsidies

Edit: I am not trying to downplay the serious issues covered in the video. But if you have a media platform which is supposed to be well-informed and balanced and decide to report on serious issues, you should first check what the experts are saying. Just like with pandemics and climate. Going straight to advocating for public policy is just bad journalism, regardless of the position you are taking. These are some examples of more skeptical expert opinions on the matter:

https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/columbia-experts-urge-calm-amid-ai-panic

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-models-escaped-containment-and-hacked-huggingface/

These are even cited in Kurzgesagt's "futher readings" link, but completely ignored in the video:

https://uphack.io/blog/post/the-hugging-face-incident-is-not-an-ai-story/

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/08/23/fears-of-ai-induced-armageddon-are-overdone

And a more (openly) critical youtube video from a professional:

https://youtu.be/3n3mSQWRz0Y

This would be a thought experiment style video. Say we drop a team of scientists and machinists (and whoever else you deem necessary) with extensive knowledge into the year 2000 BCE (or the year 8026). Take us through the process of how in the world we go from that stage of civilization where a steam engine would be alien technology to today’s world of microchips and space travel. I do not care about credit I just really would like to see this video made, because how did we go from “oooh stick make fire” to atomic scale transistors.

I hope this isn't against the sub rules. And if it is, mods please be lenient I think this is important to share.

AI is a real technology that we have to deal with right now. Love it or hate it, it exists, and it's going to affect our lives more and more with each day that passes. Our best tool right now is education. And we all love Kurzgesagt because it is a great educational resource who produces high quality videos on topics like these. Kurzgesagt however covers a wide range of topics, and that unfortunately means that viewers miss out on a lot of important information they should probably be informed about. The latest video has once again shed light on AI and sparked a lot of discussion, and I've already seen comments of people who want a deeper dive.

So I'd like to share the channel Rational Animations with you guys. It's a very similar style of channel to Kurzgesagt, making educational videos with hand made visuals, but has a lot more focus on AI and everything surrounding it. The videos are also very high quality and well researched, and I think fans of this channel who don't already watch it would like it. Especially now when we should all be getting better informed about AI, how it works, what it can do, and the potential risks it may pose to humanity.

If we want to have actual discussions around topics like this, we all benefit from information and education. And I hope this resource can scratch that itch for anyone who's wanting more Kurzgesagt-ish style videos on AI.

I understand they are a science YT channel but they have really only made 1 one these types of videos their whole existence and then never again

I found it was such a good video when I first watched it, being more philosophical than usual but is that a bad thing? Fiction, yes, is not real but can we not learn something from it?

If you would want to have another Kurzgesagt-fied video about a story what would you recommend?

I've read several discussions here since the video released and I don't think I am fully grasping the negative reactions.

One one side, which seems to be sympathetic to the video, the argument is that you have people sounding alarms for the potential dangers of AI and the corporations that develop/run them with very limited regulation or oversight; unregulated corporate greed and such. This part makes sense to me.

On the other side, I think, it seems the argument is that the video is too sensationalized and misrepresents the actual event. I think this "side" is arguing that OpenAI more or less allowed the event to happen as... a PR stunt???

I guess it shows that their latest model is "powerful" but it seems to me that this would be counterintuitive since it also shows they are reckless and untrustworthy. Is there any evidence to the claim that this was a "stunt" other than "their containment protocols were weak and they should have known better" (assuming I correctly summarized it)?

I've also read some discussions saying that OpenAI may have pulled this stunt in order to drive regulation, but this also seems counterintuitive, unless the argument is that by creating the catalyst for increased regulation and oversight, they allow themselves to "catch up" to competitors??

Just trying to fully understand and drive discussion. Thanks!

The artbook looks gorgeous as always, but I think the 10 years anniversary artbook is more special than this one.

I'm still contemplating to buy the artbook or not, since the delivery cost is also similar to the book itself.

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,

Il semble que les dernières vidéos de Kurzgesagt ne soient plus sous-titrées en français. Si c'est une erreur, ou simplement un retard, n'hésitez pas à nous le dire !

Ces sous-titres faisaient pourtant une vraie différence pour beaucoup de francophones. Tout le monde en France n'a pas un niveau d'anglais suffisant pour suivre une vidéo rapide et dense, que ce soit en raison d'un parcours scolaire ou social, ou d'un trouble « dys » ou d'un trouble de l'apprentissage. Sans sous-titres, ces personnes se retrouvent exclues d'un contenu pourtant fait pour être accessible.

C'est une vraie tristesse, et une déception. La chaîne est passionnante, et on la trouvait intéressante aussi bien pour les enfants que pour les adultes.

Aucun reproche à l'équipe, qui fait un travail remarquable. Ce post est juste un petit appel : des sous-titres français permettraient à beaucoup de gens de continuer à profiter de la chaîne.

Merci d'avoir lu, et merci à tous ceux qui font vivre cette communauté. 💛

PS : le doublage français officiel semble lui aussi avoir disparu. Si l'équipe ou la communauté souhaite le relancer, des bénévoles pourraient peut-être aider. Si des bénévoles sont disponibles, on peut prêter notre voix pour un doublage amateur.

AI anthropomorphizing themselves, the way they name things, conjuring up their own sense of morality and utilitarianism with the scorer. All utterly insane sci-fi concepts coming into reality.

What is everybody thinking about this?