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Into AI Safety

The Into AI Safety podcast aims to make it easier for everyone, regardless of background, to get meaningfully involved with the conversations surrounding the rules and regulations which should govern the research, development, deployment, and use of the technologies encompassed by the term "artificial intelligence" or "AI" For better formatted show notes, additional resources, and more, go to https://kairos.fm/intoaisafety/

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71:30

Getting Agentic w/ Alistair Lowe-Norris

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2025/10/20

Alistair Lowe-Norris, Chief Responsible AI Officer at Iridius and co-host of The Agentic Insider podcast, joins to discuss AI compliance standards, the importance of narrowly scoping systems, and how procurement requirements could encourage responsible AI adoption across industries. We explore the gap between the empty promises companies provide and actual safety practices, as well as the importance of vigilance and continuous oversight.Listen to Alistair on his podcast, The Agentic

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67:41

Growing BlueDot's Impact w/ Li-Lian Ang

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2025/09/15

I'm joined by my good friend, Li-Lian Ang, first hire and product manager at BlueDot Impact. We discuss how BlueDot has evolved from their original course offerings to a new "defense-in-depth" approach, which focuses on three core threat models: reduced oversight in high risk scenarios (e.g. accelerated warfare), catastrophic terrorism (e.g. rogue actors with bioweapons), and the concentration of wealth and power (e.g. supercharged surveillance states). On top of that, we cover how

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99:59

Layoffs to Leadership w/ Andres Sepulveda Morales

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2025/08/04

Andres Sepulveda Morales joins me to discuss his journey from three tech layoffs to founding Red Mage Creative and leading the Fort Collins chapter of the Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG). We explore the current tech job market, AI anxiety in nonprofits, dark patterns in AI systems, and building inclusive tech communities that welcome diverse perspectives.Reach out to Andres on his LinkedIn, or check out the Red Mage Creative website!For any listeners in Colorado, consider

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108:04

Getting Into PauseAI w/ Will Petillo

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2025/06/23

Will Petillo, onboarding team lead at PauseAI, joins me to discuss the grassroots movement advocating for a pause on frontier AI model development. We explore PauseAI's strategy, talk about common misconceptions Will hears, and dig into how diverse perspectives still converge on the need to slow down AI development.Will's LinksPersonal blog on AIHis mindmap of the AI x-risk debateGame demosAI focused YouTube channel(00:00) - Intro(03:36) - What is PauseAI (10:10) - Will Petillo's journey

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93:23

Making Your Voice Heard w/ Tristan Williams & Felix...

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2025/05/19

I am joined by Tristan Williams and Felix de Simone to discuss their work on the potential of constituent communication, specifically in the context of AI legislation. These two worked as part of an AI Safety Camp team to understand whether or not it would be useful for more people to be sharing their experiences, concerns, and opinions with their government representative (hint, it is).Check out the blogpost on their findings, "Talking to Congress: Can constituents contacting their

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180:06

INTERVIEW: Scaling Democracy w/ (Dr.) Igor Krawczuk

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2024/06/03

The almost Dr. Igor Krawczuk joins me for what is the equivalent of 4 of my previous episodes. We get into all the classics: eugenics, capitalism, philosophical toads... Need I say more?If you're interested in connecting with Igor, head on over to his website, or check out placeholder for thesis (it isn't published yet).Because the full show notes have a whopping 115 additional links, I'll highlight some that I think are particularly worthwhile here:The best article you'll ever read on Open

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01:41:59

INTERVIEW: StakeOut.AI w/ Dr. Peter Park (3)

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2024/03/25

As always, the best things come in 3s: dimensions, musketeers, pyramids, and... 3 installments of my interview with Dr. Peter Park, an AI Existential Safety Post-doctoral Fellow working with Dr. Max Tegmark at MIT.As you may have ascertained from the previous two segments of the interview, Dr. Park cofounded StakeOut.AI along with Harry Luk and one other cofounder whose name has been removed due to requirements of her current position. The non-profit had a simple but important mission: make the

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01:06:22

INTERVIEW: StakeOut.AI w/ Dr. Peter Park (2)

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2024/03/18

Join me for round 2 with Dr. Peter Park, an AI Existential Safety Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Max Tegmark at MIT. Dr. Park was a cofounder of StakeOut.AI, a non-profit focused on making AI go well for humans, along with Harry Luk and one other individual, whose name has been removed due to requirements of her current position.In addition to the normal links, I wanted to include the links to the petitions that Dr. Park mentions during the podcast. Note that the nonprofit which began these

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00:13:08

MINISODE: Restructure Vol. 2

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2024/03/11

After getting some advice and reflecting more on my own personal goals, I have decided to shift the direction of the podcast towards accessible content regarding "AI" instead of the show's original focus. I will still be releasing what I am calling research ride-along content to my Patreon, but the show's feed will consist only of content that I am to make as accessible as possible.00:35 - TL;DL01:12 - Advice from Pete03:10 - My personal goal05:39 - Reflection on refining my

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00:54:10

INTERVIEW: StakeOut.AI w/ Dr. Peter Park (1)

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2024/03/04

Dr. Peter Park is an AI Existential Safety Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Max Tegmark at MIT. In conjunction with Harry Luk and one other cofounder, he founded ⁠StakeOut.AI, a non-profit focused on making AI go well for humans. 00:54 - Intro03:15 - Dr. Park, x-risk, and AGI08:55 - StakeOut.AI12:05 - Governance scorecard19:34 - Hollywood webinar22:02 - Regulations.gov comments23:48 - Open letters 26:15 - EU AI Act35:07 - Effective accelerationism40:50 - Divide and conquer dynamics45:40 - AI

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00:30:54

MINISODE: "LLMs, a Survey"

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2024/02/26

Take a trip with me through the paper Large Language Models, A Survey, published on February 9th of 2024. All figures and tables mentioned throughout the episode can be found on the Into AI Safety podcast website.00:36 - Intro and authors01:50 - My takes and paper structure04:40 - Getting to LLMs07:27 - Defining LLMs & emergence12:12 - Overview of PLMs15:00 - How LLMs are built18:52 - Limitations if LLMs23:06 - Uses of LLMs25:16 - Evaluations and Benchmarks28:11 - Challenges and future

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00:45:12

FEEDBACK: Applying for Funding w/ Esben Kran

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2024/02/19

Esben reviews an application that I would soon submit for Open Philanthropy's Career Transitition Funding opportunity. Although I didn't end up receiving the funding, I do think that this episode can be a valuable resource for both others and myself when applying for funding in the future.Head over to Apart Research's website to check out their work, or the Alignment Jam website for information on upcoming hackathons.A doc-capsule of the application at the time of this recording can be

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00:09:24

MINISODE: Reading a Research Paper

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2024/02/12

Before I begin with the paper-distillation based minisodes, I figured we would go over best practices for reading research papers. I go through the anatomy of typical papers, and some generally applicable advice.00:56 - Anatomy of a paper02:38 - Most common advice05:24 - Reading sparsity and path07:30 - Notes and motivationLinks to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their appearance.Ten simple rules for reading a scientific paperBest

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00:48:38

HACKATHON: Evals November 2023 (2)

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2024/02/05

Join our hackathon group for the second episode in the Evals November 2023 Hackathon subseries. In this episode, we solidify our goals for the hackathon after some preliminary experimentation and ideation.Check out Stellaric's website, or follow them on Twitter.01:53 - Meeting starts05:05 - Pitch: extension of locked models23:23 - Pitch: retroactive holdout datasets34:04 - Preliminary results37:44 - Next steps42:55 - RecapLinks to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode

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00:09:38

MINISODE: Portfolios

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2024/01/29

I provide my thoughts and recommendations regarding personal professional portfolios. 00:35 - Intro to portfolios01:42 - Modern portfolios02:27 - What to include04:38 - Importance of visual05:50 - The "About" page06:25 - Tools08:12 - Future of "Minisodes" Links to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their appearance.From Portafoglio to Eportfolio: The Evolution of Portfolio in Higher EducationGIMPAlternativeToJekyllGitHub PagesMinimal

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00:45:08

INTERVIEW: Polysemanticity w/ Dr. Darryl Wright

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2024/01/22

Darryl and I discuss his background, how he became interested in machine learning, and a project we are currently working on investigating the penalization of polysemanticity during the training of neural networks. Check out a diagram of the decoder task used for our research! 01:46 - Interview begins02:14 - Supernovae classification08:58 - Penalizing polysemanticity20:58 - Our "toy model"30:06 - Task description32:47 - Addressing hurdles39:20 - Lessons learned Links to all articles/papers

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00:10:34

MINISODE: Starting a Podcast

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2024/01/15

A summary and reflections on the path I have taken to get this podcast started, including some resources recommendations for others who want to do something similar.Links to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their appearance.LessWrongSpotify for PodcastersInto AI Safety podcast websiteEffective Altruism GlobalOpen Broadcaster Software (OBS)CraigRiverside

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01:08:38

HACKATHON: Evals November 2023 (1)

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2024/01/08

This episode kicks off our first subseries, which will consist of recordings taken during my team's meetings for the AlignmentJams Evals Hackathon in November of 2023. Our team won first place, so you'll be listening to the process which, at the end of the day, turned out to be pretty good.Check out Apart Research, the group that runs the AlignmentJamz Hackathons.Links to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their

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00:13:04

MINISODE: Staying Up-to-Date in AI

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2024/01/01

In this minisode I give some tips for staying up-to-date in the everchanging landscape of AI. I would like to point out that I am constantly iterating on these strategies, tools, and sources, so it is likely that I will make an update episode in the future. Links to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their appearance. ToolsFeedlyarXiv Sanity LiteZoteroAlternativeToMy "Distilled AI" FolderAI Explained YouTube channelAI Safety

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01:10:40

INTERVIEW: Applications w/ Alice Rigg

Into AI Safety ·

2023/12/18

Alice Rigg, a mechanistic interpretability researcher from Ottawa, Canada, joins me to discuss their path and the applications process for research/mentorship programs. Join the Mech Interp Discord server and attend reading groups at 11:00am on Wednesdays (Mountain Time)! Check out Alice's website. Links to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their appearance. EleutherAI Join the public EleutherAI discord server Distill Effective

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