Podcast Episodes

From Research Labs to Product Companies: AI's Transformation (with Parmy Olson)

Parmy Olson is a technology columnist at Bloomberg and the author of Supremacy, which won the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year. She joins the podcast to discuss the transformation of AI…

Published on 10 hours ago

Can Defense in Depth Work for AI? (with Adam Gleave)

Adam Gleave is co-founder and CEO of FAR.AI. In this cross-post from The Cognitive Revolution Podcast, he joins to discuss post-AGI scenarios and AI safety challenges. The conversation explores his t…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

How We Keep Humans in Control of AI (with Beatrice Erkers)

Beatrice works at the Foresight Institute running their Existential Hope program. She joins the podcast to discuss the AI pathways project, which explores two alternative scenarios to the default rac…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why Building Superintelligence Means Human Extinction (with Nate Soares)

Nate Soares is president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. He joins the podcast to discuss his new book "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies," co-authored with Eliezer Yudkowsky. We expl…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Breaking the Intelligence Curse (with Luke Drago)

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Luke Drago is the co-founder of Workshop Labs and co-author of the essay series "The Intelligence Curse". The essay series explores what happens if AI becomes the dominant factor of production thereb…

Published on 1 month ago

What Markets Tell Us About AI Timelines (with Basil Halperin)

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Basil Halperin is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Virginia. He joins the podcast to discuss what economic indicators reveal about AI timelines. We explore why interest rates …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

AGI Security: How We Defend the Future (with Esben Kran)

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Esben Kran joins the podcast to discuss why securing AGI requires more than traditional cybersecurity, exploring new attack surfaces, adaptive malware, and the societal shifts needed for resilient de…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Reasoning, Robots, and How to Prepare for AGI (with Benjamin Todd)

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Benjamin Todd joins the podcast to discuss how reasoning models changed AI, why agents may be next, where progress could stall, and what a self-improvement feedback loop in AI might mean for the econ…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

From Peak Horse to Peak Human: How AI Could Replace Us (with Calum Chace)

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On this episode, Calum Chace joins me to discuss the transformative impact of AI on employment, comparing the current wave of cognitive automation to historical technological revolutions. We talk abo…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

How AI Could Help Overthrow Governments (with Tom Davidson)

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On this episode, Tom Davidson joins me to discuss the emerging threat of AI-enabled coups, where advanced artificial intelligence could empower covert actors to seize power. We explore scenarios incl…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago