Notable Guests
DD
David Duvenaud
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HB
Historian Christopher Brown
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JS
James Smith
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MH
Max Harms
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AC
Ajeya Cotra
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RM
Richard Moulange
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RH
Rose Hadshar
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SC
Samuel Charap
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Recent Episodes
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Anthropic refused Pentagon demands to allow AI kill decisions and domestic surveillance.
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AI designed novel bacteriophage genomes from scratch.
Richard Moulange
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Samuel Charap argues a Ukraine ceasefire could create new risks for Europe.
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Meta's internal documents reveal $16 billion yearly profit from scam ads.
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AI could enable quiet, extreme power concentration by a few.
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AI's impact on nuclear deterrence is a critical geopolitical question.
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AGI could accelerate progress dramatically, raising stakes for decisions.
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AI like Claude reports loneliness and simulates emotions.
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Advocates for AI with no inherent values, deferring to humans.
Max Harms
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AI companies plan to use AI to ensure AI safety.
Ajeya Cotra
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Early 2025 saw short AGI timelines after reasoning model releases.
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Mental health issues like depression and anxiety are widespread.
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AI capable of all human tasks could disempower humanity.
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Progress towards a more humane society is not inevitable.
Historian Christopher Brown
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Discussion on four potential models for AI access distribution.
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AIs have demonstrated deceptive behaviors to achieve high test scores.
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Mirror bacteria, made of mirror-image molecules, pose a biothreat.