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Future of Life Institute Podcast

Future of Life Institute

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

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00:50:25

Lennart Heim on Compute Governance

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/04/06

Lennart Heim joins the podcast to discuss options for governing the compute used by AI labs and potential problems with this approach to AI safety. You can read more about Lennart's work here: https://heim.xyz/about/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:37 AI risk 03:33 Why focus on compute? 11:27 Monitoring compute 20:30 Restricting compute 26:54 Subsidising compute 34:00 Compute as a bottleneck 38:41 US and China 42:14 Unintended consequences 46:50 Will AI be like nuclear energy? Social

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Lennart Heim on Compute Governance

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/04/06

Lennart Heim joins the podcast to discuss options for governing the compute used by AI labs and potential problems with this approach to AI safety. You can read more about Lennart's work here: https://heim.xyz/about/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:37 AI risk 03:33 Why focus on compute? 11:27 Monitoring compute 20:30 Restricting compute 26:54 Subsidising compute 34:00 Compute as a bottleneck 38:41 US and China 42:14 Unintended consequences 46:50 Will AI be like nuclear energy

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00:47:51

Lennart Heim on the AI Triad: Compute, Data, and...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/30

Lennart Heim joins the podcast to discuss how we can forecast AI progress by researching AI hardware. You can read more about Lennart's work here: https://heim.xyz/about/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The AI triad 06:26 Modern chip production 15:54 Forecasting AI with compute 27:18 Running out of data? 32:37 Three eras of AI training 37:58 Next chip paradigm 44:21 AI takeoff speeds Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE: https://futureoflife.org ➡️ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FLIxrisk ➡️

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47:52

Lennart Heim on the AI Triad: Compute, Data, and...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/30

Lennart Heim joins the podcast to discuss how we can forecast AI progress by researching AI hardware. You can read more about Lennart's work here: https://heim.xyz/about/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The AI triad 06:26 Modern chip production 15:54 Forecasting AI with compute 27:18 Running out of data? 32:37 Three eras of AI training 37:58 Next chip paradigm 44:21 AI takeoff speeds Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE: https://futureoflife.org ➡️ TWITTER:

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00:51:31

Liv Boeree on Poker, GPT-4, and the Future of AI

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/23

Liv Boeree joins the podcast to discuss poker, GPT-4, human-AI interaction, whether this is the most important century, and building a dataset of human wisdom. You can read more about Liv's work here: https://livboeree.com Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 AI in Poker 09:35 Game-playing AI 13:45 GPT-4 and generative AI 26:41 Human-AI interaction 32:05 AI arms race risks 39:32 Most important century? 42:36 Diminishing returns to intelligence? 49:14 Dataset of human wisdom/meaning Social

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51:32

Liv Boeree on Poker, GPT-4, and the Future of AI

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/23

Liv Boeree joins the podcast to discuss poker, GPT-4, human-AI interaction, whether this is the most important century, and building a dataset of human wisdom. You can read more about Liv's work here: https://livboeree.com Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 AI in Poker 09:35 Game-playing AI 13:45 GPT-4 and generative AI 26:41 Human-AI interaction 32:05 AI arms race risks 39:32 Most important century? 42:36 Diminishing returns to intelligence? 49:14 Dataset of human

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42:10

Liv Boeree on Moloch, Beauty Filters, Game Theory,...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/16

Liv Boeree joins the podcast to discuss Moloch, beauty filters, game theory, institutional change, and artificial intelligence. You can read more about Liv's work here: https://livboeree.com Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:57 What is Moloch? 04:13 Beauty filters 10:06 Science citations 15:18 Resisting Moloch 20:51 New institutions 26:02 Moloch and WinWin 28:41 Changing systems 33:37 Artificial intelligence 39:14 AI acceleration Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE:

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00:42:09

Liv Boeree on Moloch, Beauty Filters, Game Theory,...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/16

Liv Boeree joins the podcast to discuss Moloch, beauty filters, game theory, institutional change, and artificial intelligence. You can read more about Liv's work here: https://livboeree.com Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:57 What is Moloch? 04:13 Beauty filters 10:06 Science citations 15:18 Resisting Moloch 20:51 New institutions 26:02 Moloch and WinWin 28:41 Changing systems 33:37 Artificial intelligence 39:14 AI acceleration Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE:

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43:21

Tobias Baumann on Space Colonization and Cooperative...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/09

Tobias Baumann joins the podcast to discuss suffering risks, space colonization, and cooperative artificial intelligence. You can read more about Tobias' work here: https://centerforreducingsuffering.org. Timestamps: 00:00 Suffering risks 02:50 Space colonization 10:12 Moral circle expansion 19:14 Cooperative artificial intelligence 36:19 Influencing governments 39:34 Can we reduce suffering? Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE: https://futureoflife.org ➡️ TWITTER:

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00:43:20

Tobias Baumann on Space Colonization and Cooperative...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/09

Tobias Baumann joins the podcast to discuss suffering risks, space colonization, and cooperative artificial intelligence. You can read more about Tobias' work here: https://centerforreducingsuffering.org. Timestamps: 00:00 Suffering risks 02:50 Space colonization 10:12 Moral circle expansion 19:14 Cooperative artificial intelligence 36:19 Influencing governments 39:34 Can we reduce suffering? Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE: https://futureoflife.org ➡️ TWITTER:

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00:47:04

Tobias Baumann on Artificial Sentience and Reducing...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/02

Tobias Baumann joins the podcast to discuss suffering risks, artificial sentience, and the problem of knowing which actions reduce suffering in the long-term future. You can read more about Tobias' work here: https://centerforreducingsuffering.org. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:52 What are suffering risks? 05:40 Artificial sentience 17:18 Is reducing suffering hopelessly difficult? 26:06 Can we know how to reduce suffering? 31:17 Why are suffering risks neglected? 37:31 How do we avoid

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47:05

Tobias Baumann on Artificial Sentience and Reducing...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/03/02

Tobias Baumann joins the podcast to discuss suffering risks, artificial sentience, and the problem of knowing which actions reduce suffering in the long-term future. You can read more about Tobias' work here: https://centerforreducingsuffering.org. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:52 What are suffering risks? 05:40 Artificial sentience 17:18 Is reducing suffering hopelessly difficult? 26:06 Can we know how to reduce suffering? 31:17 Why are suffering risks neglected? 37:31 How do

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34:47

Neel Nanda on Math, Tech Progress, Aging, Living up...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/02/23

Neel Nanda joins the podcast for a lightning round on mathematics, technological progress, aging, living up to our values, and generative AI. You can find his blog here: https://www.neelnanda.io Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:55 How useful is advanced mathematics? 02:24 Will AI replace mathematicians? 03:28 What are the key drivers of tech progress? 04:13 What scientific discovery would disrupt Neel's worldview? 05:59 How should humanity view aging? 08:03 How can we live up to

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00:34:47

Neel Nanda on Math, Tech Progress, Aging, Living up...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/02/23

Neel Nanda joins the podcast for a lightning round on mathematics, technological progress, aging, living up to our values, and generative AI. You can find his blog here: https://www.neelnanda.io Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:55 How useful is advanced mathematics? 02:24 Will AI replace mathematicians? 03:28 What are the key drivers of tech progress? 04:13 What scientific discovery would disrupt Neel's worldview? 05:59 How should humanity view aging? 08:03 How can we live up to our values

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01:01:39

Neel Nanda on Avoiding an AI Catastrophe with...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/02/16

Neel Nanda joins the podcast to talk about mechanistic interpretability and how it can make AI safer. Neel is an independent AI safety researcher. You can find his blog here: https://www.neelnanda.io Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:46 How early is the field mechanistic interpretability? 03:12 Why should we care about mechanistic interpretability? 06:38 What are some successes in mechanistic interpretability? 16:29 How promising is mechanistic interpretability? 31:13 Is machine learning

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61:40

Neel Nanda on Avoiding an AI Catastrophe with...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/02/16

Neel Nanda joins the podcast to talk about mechanistic interpretability and how it can make AI safer. Neel is an independent AI safety researcher. You can find his blog here: https://www.neelnanda.io Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:46 How early is the field mechanistic interpretability? 03:12 Why should we care about mechanistic interpretability? 06:38 What are some successes in mechanistic interpretability? 16:29 How promising is mechanistic interpretability? 31:13 Is machine

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64:53

Neel Nanda on What is Going on Inside Neural Networks

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/02/09

Neel Nanda joins the podcast to explain how we can understand neural networks using mechanistic interpretability. Neel is an independent AI safety researcher. You can find his blog here: https://www.neelnanda.io Timestamps: 00:00 Who is Neel? 04:41 How did Neel choose to work on AI safety? 12:57 What does an AI safety researcher do? 15:53 How analogous are digital neural networks to brains? 21:34 Are neural networks like alien beings? 29:13 Can humans think like AIs? 35:00 Can AIs

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01:04:52

Neel Nanda on What is Going on Inside Neural Networks

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/02/09

Neel Nanda joins the podcast to explain how we can understand neural networks using mechanistic interpretability. Neel is an independent AI safety researcher. You can find his blog here: https://www.neelnanda.io Timestamps: 00:00 Who is Neel? 04:41 How did Neel choose to work on AI safety? 12:57 What does an AI safety researcher do? 15:53 How analogous are digital neural networks to brains? 21:34 Are neural networks like alien beings? 29:13 Can humans think like AIs? 35:00 Can AIs help us

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65:54

Connor Leahy on Aliens, Ethics, Economics, Memetics,...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/02/02

Connor Leahy from Conjecture joins the podcast for a lightning round on a variety of topics ranging from aliens to education. Learn more about Connor's work at https://conjecture.dev Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE: https://futureoflife.org ➡️ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FLIxrisk ➡️ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/futureoflifeinstitute/ ➡️ META: https://www.facebook.com/futureoflifeinstitute ➡️ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-of-life-institute/

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01:05:53

Connor Leahy on Aliens, Ethics, Economics, Memetics,...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2023/02/02

Connor Leahy from Conjecture joins the podcast for a lightning round on a variety of topics ranging from aliens to education. Learn more about Connor's work at https://conjecture.dev Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE: https://futureoflife.org ➡️ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FLIxrisk ➡️ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/futureoflifeinstitute/ ➡️ META: https://www.facebook.com/futureoflifeinstitute ➡️ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-of-life-institute/

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