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Can AI Do Our Alignment Homework? (with Ryan Kidd)
Ryan Kidd is a co-executive director at MATS. This episode is a cross-post from "The Cognitive Revolution", hosted by Nathan Labenz. In this conversa…
3 months ago
How to Rebuild the Social Contract After AGI (with Deric Cheng)
Deric Cheng is Director of Research at the Windfall Trust. He joins the podcast to discuss how AI could reshape the social contract and global econom…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How AI Can Help Humanity Reason Better (with Oly Sourbut)
Oly Sourbut is a researcher at the Future of Life Foundation. He joins the podcast to discuss AI for human reasoning. We examine tools that use AI to…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Avoid Two AI Catastrophes: Domination and Chaos (with Nora Ammann)
Nora Ammann is a technical specialist at the Advanced Research and Invention Agency in the UK. She joins the podcast to discuss how to steer a slow A…
4 months ago
How Humans Could Lose Power Without an AI Takeover (with David Duvenaud)
David Duvenaud is an associate professor of computer science and statistics at the University of Toronto. He joins the podcast to discuss gradual dis…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why the AI Race Undermines Safety (with Steven Adler)
Stephen Adler is a former safety researcher at OpenAI. He joins the podcast to discuss how to govern increasingly capable AI systems. The conversatio…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Why OpenAI Is Trying to Silence Its Critics (with Tyler Johnston)
Tyler Johnston is Executive Director of the Midas Project. He joins the podcast to discuss AI transparency and accountability. We explore applying an…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
We're Not Ready for AGI (with Will MacAskill)
William MacAskill is a senior research fellow at Forethought. He joins the podcast to discuss his Better Futures essay series. We explore moral error…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
What Happens When Insiders Sound the Alarm on AI? (with Karl Koch)
Karl Koch is founder of the AI Whistleblower Initiative. He joins the podcast to discuss transparency and protections for AI insiders who spot safety…
6 months ago
Can Machines Be Truly Creative? (with Maya Ackerman)
Maya Ackerman is an AI researcher, co-founder and CEO of WaveAI, and author of the book "Creative Machines: AI, Art & Us." She joins the podcast to d…
6 months, 2 weeks ago