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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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63:10

Anousheh Ansari on Innovation Prizes for Space, AI,...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/08/09

Anousheh Ansari joins the podcast to discuss how innovation prizes can incentivize technical innovation in space, AI, quantum computing, and carbon removal. We discuss the pros and cons of such prizes, where they work best, and how far they can scale. Learn more about Anousheh's work here: https://www.xprize.org/home Timestamps:00:00 Innovation prizes at XPRIZE08:25 Deciding which prizes to create19:00 Creating new markets29:51 How far can prizes scale? 35:25 When are prizes successful? 46:06 100M

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30:01

Mary Robinson (Former President of Ireland) on...

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2024/07/25

Mary Robinson joins the podcast to discuss long-view leadership, risks from AI and nuclear weapons, prioritizing global problems, how to overcome barriers to international cooperation, and advice to future leaders. Learn more about Robinson's work as Chair of The Elders at https://theelders.org Timestamps:00:00 Mary's journey to presidency 05:11 Long-view leadership06:55 Prioritizing global problems08:38 Risks from artificial intelligence11:55 Climate change15:18 Barriers to global gender equality

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30:02

Mary Robinson (Former President of Ireland) on...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/07/25

Mary Robinson joins the podcast to discuss long-view leadership, risks from AI and nuclear weapons, prioritizing global problems, how to overcome barriers to international cooperation, and advice to future leaders. Learn more about Robinson's work as Chair of The Elders at https://theelders.org Timestamps: 00:00 Mary's journey to presidency 05:11 Long-view leadership 06:55 Prioritizing global problems 08:38 Risks from artificial intelligence 11:55 Climate change 15:18 Barriers to global

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63:36

Emilia Javorsky on how AI Concentrates Power

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/07/11

Emilia Javorsky joins the podcast to discuss AI-driven power concentration and how we might mitigate it. We also discuss optimism, utopia, and cultural experimentation. Apply for our RFP here: https://futureoflife.org/grant-program/mitigate-ai-driven-power-concentration/Timestamps: 00:00 Power concentration 07:43 RFP: Mitigating AI-driven power concentration 14:15 Open source AI 26:50 Institutions and incentives 35:20 Techno-optimism 43:44 Global monoculture 53:55 Imagining utopia

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63:35

Emilia Javorsky on how AI Concentrates Power

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/07/11

Emilia Javorsky joins the podcast to discuss AI-driven power concentration and how we might mitigate it. We also discuss optimism, utopia, and cultural experimentation.Apply for our RFP here: https://futureoflife.org/grant-program/mitigate-ai-driven-power-concentration/Timestamps:00:00 Power concentration 07:43 RFP: Mitigating AI-driven power concentration14:15 Open source AI 26:50 Institutions and incentives35:20 Techno-optimism 43:44 Global monoculture 53:55 Imagining utopia

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92:25

Anton Korinek on Automating Work and the Economics of...

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2024/06/21

Anton Korinek joins the podcast to discuss the effects of automation on wages and labor, how we measure the complexity of tasks, the economics of an intelligence explosion, and the market structure of the AI industry. Learn more about Anton's work at https://www.korinek.com Timestamps: 00:00 Automation and wages 14:32 Complexity for people and machines 20:31 Moravec's paradox 26:15 Can people switch careers? 30:57 Intelligence explosion economics 44:08 The lump of labor fallacy 51:40 An

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92:24

Anton Korinek on Automating Work and the Economics of...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/06/21

Anton Korinek joins the podcast to discuss the effects of automation on wages and labor, how we measure the complexity of tasks, the economics of an intelligence explosion, and the market structure of the AI industry. Learn more about Anton's work at https://www.korinek.com Timestamps:00:00 Automation and wages14:32 Complexity for people and machines20:31 Moravec's paradox26:15 Can people switch careers? 30:57 Intelligence explosion economics44:08 The lump of labor fallacy 51:40 An industry for

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96:02

Christian Ruhl on Preventing World War III, US-China...

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2024/06/07

Christian Ruhl joins the podcast to discuss US-China competition and the risk of war, official versus unofficial diplomacy, hotlines between countries, catastrophic biological risks, ultraviolet germicidal light, and ancient civilizational collapse. Find out more about Christian's work at https://www.founderspledge.com Timestamps: 00:00 US-China competition and risk 18:01 The security dilemma 30:21 Official and unofficial diplomacy 39:53 Hotlines between countries 01:01:54 Preventing

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96:01

Christian Ruhl on Preventing World War III, US-China...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/06/07

Christian Ruhl joins the podcast to discuss US-China competition and the risk of war, official versus unofficial diplomacy, hotlines between countries, catastrophic biological risks, ultraviolet germicidal light, and ancient civilizational collapse. Find out more about Christian's work at https://www.founderspledge.com Timestamps:00:00 US-China competition and risk 18:01 The security dilemma 30:21 Official and unofficial diplomacy39:53 Hotlines between countries 01:01:54 Preventing escalation after

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37:13

Christian Nunes on Deepfakes (with Max Tegmark)

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2024/05/24

Christian Nunes joins the podcast to discuss deepfakes, how they impact women in particular, how we can protect ordinary victims of deepfakes, and the current landscape of deepfake legislation. You can learn more about Christian's work at https://now.org and about the Ban Deepfakes campaign at https://bandeepfakes.org Timestamps:00:00 The National Organisation for Women (NOW) 05:37 Deepfakes and women 10:12 Protecting ordinary victims of deepfakes 16:06 Deepfake legislation 23:38 Current

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37:12

Christian Nunes on Deepfakes (with Max Tegmark)

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/05/24

Christian Nunes joins the podcast to discuss deepfakes, how they impact women in particular, how we can protect ordinary victims of deepfakes, and the current landscape of deepfake legislation. You can learn more about Christian's work at https://now.org and about the Ban Deepfakes campaign at https://bandeepfakes.orgTimestamps:00:00 The National Organisation for Women (NOW)05:37 Deepfakes and women10:12 Protecting ordinary victims of deepfakes16:06 Deepfake legislation23:38 Current harm from

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01:45:20

Dan Faggella on the Race to AGI

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/05/03

Dan Faggella joins the podcast to discuss whether humanity should eventually create AGI, how AI will change power dynamics between institutions, what drives AI progress, and which industries are implementing AI successfully. Find out more about Dan at https://danfaggella.comTimestamps: 00:00 Value differences in AI 12:07 Should we eventually create AGI? 28:22 What is a worthy successor? 43:19 AI changing power dynamics 59:00 Open source AI 01:05:07 What drives AI progress? 01:16:36 What

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105:21

Dan Faggella on the Race to AGI

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/05/03

Dan Faggella joins the podcast to discuss whether humanity should eventually create AGI, how AI will change power dynamics between institutions, what drives AI progress, and which industries are implementing AI successfully. Find out more about Dan at https://danfaggella.com Timestamps: 00:00 Value differences in AI 12:07 Should we eventually create AGI? 28:22 What is a worthy successor? 43:19 AI changing power dynamics 59:00 Open source AI 01:05:07 What drives AI progress? 01:16:36

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01:26:30

Liron Shapira on Superintelligence Goals

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/04/19

Liron Shapira joins the podcast to discuss superintelligence goals, what makes AI different from other technologies, risks from centralizing power, and whether AI can defend us from AI. Timestamps: 00:00 Intelligence as optimization-power 05:18 Will LLMs imitate human values? 07:15 Why would AI develop dangerous goals? 09:55 Goal-completeness 12:53 Alignment to which values? 22:12 Is AI just another technology? 31:20 What is FOOM? 38:59 Risks from centralized power 49:18 Can AI defend us

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86:31

Liron Shapira on Superintelligence Goals

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/04/19

Liron Shapira joins the podcast to discuss superintelligence goals, what makes AI different from other technologies, risks from centralizing power, and whether AI can defend us from AI. Timestamps: 00:00 Intelligence as optimization-power 05:18 Will LLMs imitate human values? 07:15 Why would AI develop dangerous goals? 09:55 Goal-completeness 12:53 Alignment to which values? 22:12 Is AI just another technology? 31:20 What is FOOM? 38:59 Risks from centralized power 49:18 Can AI

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01:26:28

Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War - a Second by Second...

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2024/04/05

Annie Jacobsen joins the podcast to lay out a second by second timeline for how nuclear war could happen. We also discuss time pressure, submarines, interceptor missiles, cyberattacks, and concentration of power. You can find more on Annie's work at https://anniejacobsen.com Timestamps: 00:00 A scenario of nuclear war 06:56 Who would launch an attack? 13:50 Detecting nuclear attacks 19:37 The first critical seconds 29:42 Decisions under time pressure 34:27 Lessons from insiders 44:18

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86:29

Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War - a Second by Second...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/04/05

Annie Jacobsen joins the podcast to lay out a second by second timeline for how nuclear war could happen. We also discuss time pressure, submarines, interceptor missiles, cyberattacks, and concentration of power. You can find more on Annie's work at https://anniejacobsen.com Timestamps: 00:00 A scenario of nuclear war 06:56 Who would launch an attack? 13:50 Detecting nuclear attacks 19:37 The first critical seconds 29:42 Decisions under time pressure 34:27 Lessons from insiders 44:18

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01:08:00

Katja Grace on the Largest Survey of AI Researchers

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/03/14

Katja Grace joins the podcast to discuss the largest survey of AI researchers conducted to date, AI researchers' beliefs about different AI risks, capabilities required for continued AI-related transformation, the idea of discontinuous progress, the impacts of AI from either side of the human-level intelligence threshold, intelligence and power, and her thoughts on how we can mitigate AI risk. Find more on Katja's work at https://aiimpacts.org/.Timestamps: 0:20 AI Impacts surveys 18:11 What AI

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68:01

Katja Grace on the Largest Survey of AI Researchers

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/03/14

Katja Grace joins the podcast to discuss the largest survey of AI researchers conducted to date, AI researchers' beliefs about different AI risks, capabilities required for continued AI-related transformation, the idea of discontinuous progress, the impacts of AI from either side of the human-level intelligence threshold, intelligence and power, and her thoughts on how we can mitigate AI risk. Find more on Katja's work at https://aiimpacts.org/. Timestamps: 0:20 AI Impacts surveys 18:11

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01:36:05

Holly Elmore on Pausing AI, Hardware Overhang, Safety...

Future of Life Institute Podcast ·

2024/02/29

Holly Elmore joins the podcast to discuss pausing frontier AI, hardware overhang, safety research during a pause, the social dynamics of AI risk, and what prevents AGI corporations from collaborating. You can read more about Holly's work at https://pauseai.info Timestamps: 00:00 Pausing AI 10:23 Risks during an AI pause 19:41 Hardware overhang 29:04 Technological progress 37:00 Safety research during a pause 54:42 Social dynamics of AI risk 1:10:00 What prevents cooperation? 1:18:21 What about

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