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Future of Life Institute

The Gulf Between AI Progress and Political Understanding (with Dex Hunter-Torricke)

June 25, 2026 12:04pm 1:03

Dex Hunter-Torricke is founder of the Centre for Tomorrow. He joins the podcast to discuss why AI governance needs to move beyond technical fixes. The conversation covers how AI companies make decisions, why policymakers...

How AI Companions Trap Users Through Addictive Design (with Claire Boine)

June 12, 2026 2:56pm 1:08

Claire Boine is an assistant professor in technology, law, and AI governance at the European University Institute. She joins the podcast to discuss AI companions and human attachment. The conversation examines how design...

Why AI Chatbots Are a Rival to the Family (with Michael Toscano)

May 26, 2026 10:19am 1:13

Michael Toscano is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and Director of its Family First Technology Initiative. He joins the podcast to discuss family-centered AI policy. The conversation covers AI compani...

Why We Should Build AI Tools, Not AI Replacements (with Anthony Aguirre)

May 11, 2026 12:22pm 1:36

Anthony Aguirre is the CEO of the Future of Life Institute. He joins the podcast to discuss A Better Path for AI, his essay series on steering AI away from races to replace people. The conversation covers races for atten...

How to Govern AI When You Can't Predict the Future (with Charlie Bullock)

May 07, 2026 11:16am 1:07

Charlie Bullock is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Law and AI. He joins the podcast to discuss radical optionality: how governments can prepare for very advanced AI without locking in premature rules. The c...

How to Govern AI When You Can't Predict the Future (with Charlie Bullock)

May 07, 2026 11:16am 1:07

Charlie Bullock is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Law and AI. He joins the podcast to discuss radical optionality: how governments can prepare for very advanced AI without locking in premature rules. The c...

Why AI Is Not a Normal Technology (with Peter Wildeford)

April 29, 2026 2:56pm 1:24

Peter Wildeford is Head of Policy at the AI Policy Network, and a top AI forecaster. He joins the podcast to discuss how to forecast AI progress and what current trends imply for the economy and national security. Peter ...

Why AI Evaluation Science Can't Keep Up (with Carina Prunkl)

April 17, 2026 10:54am 54 min

Carina Prunkl is a researcher at Inria. She joins the podcast to discuss how to assess the capabilities and risks of general-purpose AI. We examine why systems can solve hard coding and math problems yet still fail at si...

Defense in Depth: Layered Strategies Against AI Risk (with Li-Lian Ang)

April 02, 2026 2:48pm 55 min

Li-Lian Ang is a team member at Blue Dot Impact. She joins the podcast to discuss how society can build a workforce to protect humanity from AI risks. The conversation covers engineered pandemics, AI-enabled cyber attack...

What AI Companies Get Wrong About Curing Cancer (with Emilia Javorsky)

March 20, 2026 8:45am 1:12

Emilia Javorsky is a physician-scientist and Director of the Futures Program at the Future of Life Institute. She joins the podcast to discuss her newly published essay on AI and cancer. She challenges tech claims that s...

AI vs Cancer - How AI Can, and Can't, Cure Cancer (by Emilia Javorsky)

March 16, 2026 6:49am 2:43

Tech executives have promised that AI will cure cancer. The reality is more complicated — and more hopeful. This essay examines where AI genuinely accelerates cancer research, where the promises fall short, and what rese...

How AI Hacks Your Brain's Attachment System (with Zak Stein)

March 05, 2026 10:59am 1:44

Zak Stein is a researcher focused on child development, education, and existential risk. He joins the podcast to discuss the psychological harms of anthropomorphic AI. We examine attention and attachment hacking, AI comp...

The Case for a Global Ban on Superintelligence (with Andrea Miotti)

February 20, 2026 1:24pm 1:07

Andrea Miotti is the founder and CEO of Control AI, a nonprofit. He joins the podcast to discuss efforts to prevent extreme risks from superintelligent AI. The conversation covers industry lobbying, comparisons with toba...

Can AI Do Our Alignment Homework? (with Ryan Kidd)

February 06, 2026 5:34am 1:46

Ryan Kidd is a co-executive director at MATS. This episode is a cross-post from "The Cognitive Revolution", hosted by Nathan Labenz. In this conversation, they discuss AGI timelines, model deception risks, and whether sa...

How to Rebuild the Social Contract After AGI (with Deric Cheng)

January 27, 2026 8:53am 1:04

Deric Cheng is Director of Research at the Windfall Trust. He joins the podcast to discuss how AI could reshape the social contract and global economy. The conversation examines labor displacement, superstar firms, and e...

How AI Can Help Humanity Reason Better (with Oly Sourbut)

January 20, 2026 9:05am 1:17

Oly Sourbut is a researcher at the Future of Life Foundation. He joins the podcast to discuss AI for human reasoning. We examine tools that use AI to strengthen human judgment, from collective fact-checking and scenario ...

How to Avoid Two AI Catastrophes: Domination and Chaos (with Nora Ammann)

January 07, 2026 4:55am 1:20

Nora Ammann is a technical specialist at the Advanced Research and Invention Agency in the UK. She joins the podcast to discuss how to steer a slow AI takeoff toward resilient and cooperative futures. We examine risks of...

How Humans Could Lose Power Without an AI Takeover (with David Duvenaud)

December 23, 2025 6:28am 1:18

David Duvenaud is an associate professor of computer science and statistics at the University of Toronto. He joins the podcast to discuss gradual disempowerment in a post-AGI world. We ask how humans could lose economic ...

Why the AI Race Undermines Safety (with Steven Adler)

December 12, 2025 6:33am 1:28

Stephen Adler is a former safety researcher at OpenAI. He joins the podcast to discuss how to govern increasingly capable AI systems. The conversation covers competitive races between AI companies, limits of current test...

Why OpenAI Is Trying to Silence Its Critics (with Tyler Johnston)

November 27, 2025 7:58am 1:01

Tyler Johnston is Executive Director of the Midas Project. He joins the podcast to discuss AI transparency and accountability. We explore applying animal rights watchdog tactics to AI companies, the OpenAI Files investig...

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