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Future of Life Institute Podcast

The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit working to reduce global catastrophic and existent

Episodes

Total: 218

On this special episode of the podcast, Flo Crivello talks with Nathan Labenz about AI as a new form

Carl Robichaud joins the podcast to discuss the new nuclear arms race, how much world leaders and id

Frank Sauer joins the podcast to discuss autonomy in weapon systems, killer drones, low-tech defense

Darren McKee joins the podcast to discuss how AI might be difficult to control, which goals and trai

Mark Brakel (Director of Policy at the Future of Life Institute) joins the podcast to discuss the AI

Dan Hendrycks joins the podcast again to discuss X.ai, how AI risk thinking has evolved, malicious u

Samuel Hammond joins the podcast to discuss how AGI will transform economies, governments, instituti

Are we doomed to a future of loneliness and unfulfilling online interactions? What if technology mad

Let’s imagine a future where AGI is developed but kept at a distance from practically impacting the

Steve Omohundro joins the podcast to discuss Provably Safe Systems, a paper he co-authored with FLI

What if AI allowed us to communicate with animals? Could interspecies communication lead to new leve

If you could extend your life, would you? How might life extension technologies create new social an

Johannes Ackva joins the podcast to discuss the main drivers of climate change and our best technolo

How do low income countries affected by climate change imagine their futures? How do they overcome t

What if we had one advanced AI system for the entire world? Would this led to a world 'beyond' natio

Tom Davidson joins the podcast to discuss how AI could quickly automate most cognitive tasks, includ

How does who is involved in the design of AI affect the possibilities for our future? Why isn’t the

Are today's democratic systems equipped well enough to create the best possible future for everyone?

Coming Soon… The year is 2045. Humanity is not extinct, nor living in a dystopia. It has averted cl

Robert Trager joins the podcast to discuss AI governance, the incentives of governments and companie