Brain-like AGI and why it's Dangerous (with Steven Byrnes)
On this episode, Steven Byrnes joins me to discuss brain-like AGI safety.
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Discusses technological progress broadly and its implications for humanity's trajectory. Covers synthetic biology, space exploration, computation, emerging technologies, forecasting, and how science and innovation shape possible futures.
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How Close Are We to AGI? Inside Epoch's GATE Model (with Ege Erdil)
On this episode, Ege Erdil from Epoch AI joins me to discuss their new GATE model of AI development, what evolution and brain efficiency tell us about AGI requirements, how AI might impact wages and labor markets, and what it takes to train models with long-term planning.
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Special: Defeating AI Defenses (with Nicholas Carlini and Nathan Labenz)
In this special episode, we feature Nathan Labenz interviewing Nicholas Carlini on the Cognitive Revolution podcast.
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Keep the Future Human (with Anthony Aguirre)
On this episode, I interview Anthony Aguirre, Executive Director of the Future of Life Institute, about his new essay Keep the Future Human: https://keepthefuturehuman.ai AI companies are explicitly working toward AGI and are likely to succeed soon, possibly within years. Keep the Future Huma...
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We Created AI. Why Don't We Understand It? (with Samir Varma)
On this episode, physicist and hedge fund manager Samir Varma joins me to discuss whether AIs could have free will (and what that means), the emerging field of AI psychology, and which concepts they might rely on.
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Why AIs Misbehave and How We Could Lose Control (with Jeffrey Ladish)
On this episode, Jeffrey Ladish from Palisade Research joins me to discuss the rapid pace of AI progress and the risks of losing control over powerful systems.
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Ann Pace on using Biobanking and Genomic Sequencing to Conserve Biodiversity
Ann Pace joins the podcast to discuss the work of Wise Ancestors.
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David Dalrymple on Safeguarded, Transformative AI
David "davidad" Dalrymple joins the podcast to explore Safeguarded AI — an approach to ensuring the safety of highly advanced AI systems.
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Nick Allardice on Using AI to Optimize Cash Transfers and Predict Disasters
Nick Allardice joins the podcast to discuss how GiveDirectly uses AI to target cash transfers and predict natural disasters.
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Nathan Labenz on the State of AI and Progress since GPT-4
Nathan Labenz joins the podcast to provide a comprehensive overview of AI progress since the release of GPT-4.
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Connor Leahy on Why Humanity Risks Extinction from AGI
Connor Leahy joins the podcast to discuss the motivations of AGI corporations, how modern AI is "grown", the need for a science of intelligence, the effects of AI on work, the radical implications of superintelligence, open-source AI, and what you might be able to do about all of this.
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