Future of Life Institute Podcast
The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit working to reduce global catastrophic and existential risk from powerful technologies. In particular, FLI focuses on risks from artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, nuclear weapons and climate change. The Institute's work is made up of three main strands: grantmaking for risk reduction, educational outreach, and advocacy within the United Nations, US government and European Union institutions. FLI has become one of the world's leading voices on the governance of AI having created one of the earliest and most influential sets of governance principles: the Asilomar AI Principles.
Episodes
Why AI Evaluations Are Broken and How to Fix Them (with David Manheim)
about 10 hours ago
1h 19m
How AI Is Replacing Children's Ability to Think (with Randi Weingarten)
Jun. 30
43m
The Gulf Between AI Progress and Political Understanding (with Dex Hunter-Torricke)
Jun. 25
1h 3m
How AI Companions Trap Users Through Addictive Design (with Claire Boine)
Jun. 12
1h 8m
Why AI Chatbots Are a Rival to the Family (with Michael Toscano)
May. 26
1h 13m
Why We Should Build AI Tools, Not AI Replacements (with Anthony Aguirre)
May. 11
1h 36m
How to Govern AI When You Can't Predict the Future (with Charlie Bullock)
May. 7
1h 7m
How to Govern AI When You Can't Predict the Future (with Charlie Bullock)
May. 7
1h 7m
Why AI Is Not a Normal Technology (with Peter Wildeford)
Apr. 29
1h 24m
Why AI Evaluation Science Can't Keep Up (with Carina Prunkl)
Apr. 17
54m
Defense in Depth: Layered Strategies Against AI Risk (with Li-Lian Ang)
Apr. 2
55m
What AI Companies Get Wrong About Curing Cancer (with Emilia Javorsky)
Mar. 20
1h 12m
AI vs Cancer - How AI Can, and Can't, Cure Cancer (by Emilia Javorsky)
Mar. 16
2h 43m
How AI Hacks Your Brain's Attachment System (with Zak Stein)
Mar. 5
1h 44m
The Case for a Global Ban on Superintelligence (with Andrea Miotti)
Feb. 20
1h 7m
Can AI Do Our Alignment Homework? (with Ryan Kidd)
Feb. 6
1h 46m
How to Rebuild the Social Contract After AGI (with Deric Cheng)
Jan. 27
1h 4m
How AI Can Help Humanity Reason Better (with Oly Sourbut)
Jan. 20
1h 17m
How to Avoid Two AI Catastrophes: Domination and Chaos (with Nora Ammann)
Jan. 7
1h 20m
How Humans Could Lose Power Without an AI Takeover (with David Duvenaud)
Dec. 23
1h 18m
Why the AI Race Undermines Safety (with Steven Adler)
Dec. 12
1h 28m
Why OpenAI Is Trying to Silence Its Critics (with Tyler Johnston)
Nov. 27
1h 1m
We're Not Ready for AGI (with Will MacAskill)
Nov. 14
2h 3m
What Happens When Insiders Sound the Alarm on AI? (with Karl Koch)
Nov. 7
1h 8m
Can Machines Be Truly Creative? (with Maya Ackerman)
Oct. 24
1h 1m
From Research Labs to Product Companies: AI's Transformation (with Parmy Olson)
Oct. 14
46m
Can Defense in Depth Work for AI? (with Adam Gleave)
Oct. 3
1h 18m
How We Keep Humans in Control of AI (with Beatrice Erkers)
Sep. 26
1h 6m
Why Building Superintelligence Means Human Extinction (with Nate Soares)
Sep. 18
1h 39m
E1
Breaking the Intelligence Curse (with Luke Drago)
Sep. 10
1h 9m
E1
What Markets Tell Us About AI Timelines (with Basil Halperin)
Sep. 1
1h 36m
E1
AGI Security: How We Defend the Future (with Esben Kran)
Aug. 22
1h 18m
E1
Reasoning, Robots, and How to Prepare for AGI (with Benjamin Todd)
Aug. 15
1h 27m
E1
From Peak Horse to Peak Human: How AI Could Replace Us (with Calum Chace)
Jul. 31
1h 37m
E1
How AI Could Help Overthrow Governments (with Tom Davidson)
Jul. 17
1h 53m
E1
What Happens After Superintelligence? (with Anders Sandberg)
Jul. 11
1h 44m
E1
Why the AI Race Ends in Disaster (with Daniel Kokotajlo)
Jul. 3
1h 10m
E1
Preparing for an AI Economy (with Daniel Susskind)
Jun. 27
1h 3m
E1
Will AI Companies Respect Creators' Rights? (with Ed Newton-Rex)
Jun. 20
1h 27m
E1
AI Timelines and Human Psychology (with Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse)
Jun. 13
1h 15m
E1
Could Powerful AI Break Our Fragile World? (with Michael Nielsen)
Jun. 6
1h 1m
E1
Facing Superintelligence (with Ben Goertzel)
May. 23
1h 32m
E1
Will Future AIs Be Conscious? (with Jeff Sebo)
May. 16
1h 34m
E1
Understanding AI Agents: Time Horizons, Sycophancy, and Future Risks (with Zvi Mowshowitz)
May. 9
1h 35m
E1
Inside China's AI Strategy: Innovation, Diffusion, and US Relations (with Jeffrey Ding)
Apr. 25
1h 2m
How Will We Cooperate with AIs? (with Allison Duettmann)
Apr. 11
1h 36m
E1
How Will We Cooperate with AIs? (with Allison Duettmann)
Apr. 11
1h 36m
Brain-like AGI and why it's Dangerous (with Steven Byrnes)
Apr. 4
1h 13m
E1
Brain-like AGI and why it's Dangerous (with Steven Byrnes)
Apr. 4
1h 13m
E1
How Close Are We to AGI? Inside Epoch's GATE Model (with Ege Erdil)
Mar. 28
1h 34m
How Close Are We to AGI? Inside Epoch's GATE Model (with Ege Erdil)
Mar. 28
1h 34m
E1
Special: Defeating AI Defenses (with Nicholas Carlini and Nathan Labenz)
Mar. 21
2h 23m
Special: Defeating AI Defenses (with Nicholas Carlini and Nathan Labenz)
Mar. 21
2h 23m
Keep the Future Human (with Anthony Aguirre)
Mar. 13
1h 21m
E1
Keep the Future Human (with Anthony Aguirre)
Mar. 13
1h 21m
We Created AI. Why Don't We Understand It? (with Samir Varma)
Mar. 6
1h 16m
E1
We Created AI. Why Don't We Understand It? (with Samir Varma)
Mar. 6
1h 16m
Why AIs Misbehave and How We Could Lose Control (with Jeffrey Ladish)
Feb. 27
1h 22m
E1
Why AIs Misbehave and How We Could Lose Control (with Jeffrey Ladish)
Feb. 27
1h 22m
Ann Pace on using Biobanking and Genomic Sequencing to Conserve Biodiversity
Feb. 14
46m
E1
Ann Pace on using Biobanking and Genomic Sequencing to Conserve Biodiversity
Feb. 14
46m
Michael Baggot on Superintelligence and Transhumanism from a Catholic Perspective
Jan. 24
1h 25m
E1
Michael Baggot on Superintelligence and Transhumanism from a Catholic Perspective
Jan. 24
1h 25m
E1
David Dalrymple on Safeguarded, Transformative AI
Jan. 9
1h 40m
David Dalrymple on Safeguarded, Transformative AI
Jan. 9
1h 40m
Nick Allardice on Using AI to Optimize Cash Transfers and Predict Disasters
Dec. 19
1h 9m
E1
Nick Allardice on Using AI to Optimize Cash Transfers and Predict Disasters
Dec. 19
1h 9m
E1
Nathan Labenz on the State of AI and Progress since GPT-4
Dec. 5
3h 20m
Nathan Labenz on the State of AI and Progress since GPT-4
Dec. 5
3h 20m
Connor Leahy on Why Humanity Risks Extinction from AGI
Nov. 22
1h 58m
E1
Connor Leahy on Why Humanity Risks Extinction from AGI
Nov. 22
1h 58m
Suzy Shepherd on Imagining Superintelligence and "Writing Doom"
Nov. 8
1h 3m
E1
Suzy Shepherd on Imagining Superintelligence and "Writing Doom"
Nov. 8
1h 3m
Andrea Miotti on a Narrow Path to Safe, Transformative AI
Oct. 25
1h 28m
E1
Andrea Miotti on a Narrow Path to Safe, Transformative AI
Oct. 25
1h 28m
Tamay Besiroglu on AI in 2030: Scaling, Automation, and AI Agents
Oct. 11
1h 30m
E1
Tamay Besiroglu on AI in 2030: Scaling, Automation, and AI Agents
Oct. 11
1h 30m
Ryan Greenblatt on AI Control, Timelines, and Slowing Down Around Human-Level AI
Sep. 27
2h 8m
E1
Ryan Greenblatt on AI Control, Timelines, and Slowing Down Around Human-Level AI
Sep. 27
2h 8m
E1
Tom Barnes on How to Build a Resilient World
Sep. 12
1h 19m
Tom Barnes on How to Build a Resilient World
Sep. 12
1h 19m
Samuel Hammond on why AI Progress is Accelerating - and how Governments Should Respond
Aug. 22
2h 16m
E1
Samuel Hammond on why AI Progress is Accelerating - and how Governments Should Respond
Aug. 22
2h 16m
E1
Anousheh Ansari on Innovation Prizes for Space, AI, Quantum Computing, and Carbon Removal
Aug. 9
1h 3m
Anousheh Ansari on Innovation Prizes for Space, AI, Quantum Computing, and Carbon Removal
Aug. 9
1h 3m
Mary Robinson (Former President of Ireland) on Long-View Leadership
Jul. 25
30m
E1
Mary Robinson (Former President of Ireland) on Long-View Leadership
Jul. 25
30m
Emilia Javorsky on how AI Concentrates Power
Jul. 11
1h 3m
E1
Emilia Javorsky on how AI Concentrates Power
Jul. 11
1h 3m
Anton Korinek on Automating Work and the Economics of an Intelligence Explosion
Jun. 21
1h 32m
E1
Anton Korinek on Automating Work and the Economics of an Intelligence Explosion
Jun. 21
1h 32m
Christian Ruhl on Preventing World War III, US-China Hotlines, and Ultraviolet Germicidal Light
Jun. 7
1h 36m
E1
Christian Ruhl on Preventing World War III, US-China Hotlines, and Ultraviolet Germicidal Light
Jun. 7
1h 36m
Christian Nunes on Deepfakes (with Max Tegmark)
May. 24
37m
E1
Christian Nunes on Deepfakes (with Max Tegmark)
May. 24
37m
E1
Dan Faggella on the Race to AGI
May. 3
1h 45m
Dan Faggella on the Race to AGI
May. 3
1h 45m
E1
Liron Shapira on Superintelligence Goals
Apr. 19
1h 26m
Liron Shapira on Superintelligence Goals
Apr. 19
1h 26m
E1
Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War - a Second by Second Timeline
Apr. 5
1h 26m