Future of Life Institute Podcast
Conversations with far-sighted thinkers.
Our namesake podcast series features the FLI team in conversation with prominent researchers, policy experts, philosophers, and a range of other influential thinkers.
Available on all major podcast platforms.
140+ episodes
Great podcast on initiatives that are critical for our future.
Lucas/FLI do an excellent job of conducting in-depth interviews with incredible people whose work stands to radically impact humanity’s future. It’s a badly missing and needed resource in today’s world, is always high-quality, and I'm able to learn something new/unique/valuable each time. Great job to Lucas and team!
Amazing Podcast !
People need to know about this excellent podcast (and the Future of Life Institute) focusing on the most important issues facing the world. The topics are big, current, and supremely important; the guests are luminaries in their fields; and the Interviewer, Lucas Perry, brings it all forth in such a compelling way [...]
Great show!
Lucas, host of the Future of Life podcast, highlights all aspects of tech and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!
Science-smart interviewer asks very good questions!
Great, in depth interviews.
Amazing listening...
What a wonderfully informative podcast. The most important issues for life's future are addressed here with great lucidity.
Sequences
Limited-series podcasts on pressing issues
Throughout the running history of our podcast we have produced a couple of special 'sequences', series of episodes focused on tackling a pressing issue in more detail. Below you can find the sequences we have produced so far:
29 episodes
AI Alignment Podcast
This podcast series covers and explores the AI alignment problem across a large variety of domains, reflecting the fundamentally interdisciplinary nature of AI alignment.
Running from 2018-2020.
27 episodes
Not Cool
Hear directly from scientists and experts on the causes and impacts of climate change and the action that's needed going forward.
Running from September - November 2019.
8 episodes
Imagine A World
Can you imagine a world in 2045 where we manage to avoid the climate crisis, major wars, and the potential harms of artificial intelligence?
Running from September - October 2023.
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16 July, 2024
Emilia Javorsky on how AI Concentrates Power
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3 May, 2024
Dan Faggella on the Race to AGI
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19 April, 2024
Liron Shapira on Superintelligence Goals
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14 March, 2024
Katja Grace on the Largest Survey of AI Researchers
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16 February, 2024
Sneha Revanur on the Social Effects of AI
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19 January, 2024
Special: Flo Crivello on AI as a New Form of Life
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6 January, 2024
Carl Robichaud on Preventing Nuclear War
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14 December, 2023
Frank Sauer on Autonomous Weapon Systems
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1 December, 2023
Darren McKee on Uncontrollable Superintelligence
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17 November, 2023
Mark Brakel on the UK AI Summit and the Future of AI Policy
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3 November, 2023
Dan Hendrycks on Catastrophic AI Risks
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20 October, 2023
Samuel Hammond on AGI and Institutional Disruption
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Protecting Against Deepfakes
2024 is rapidly turning into the Year of Fake. As part of a growing coalition of concerned organizations, FLI is calling on lawmakers to take meaningful steps to disrupt the AI-driven deepfake supply chain.
Superintelligence Imagined Creative Contest
A contest for the best creative educational materials on superintelligence, its associated risks, and the implications of this technology for our world. 5 prizes at $10,000 each.
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