Into AI Safety Podcast
1) Sobering Up on AI Progress w/ Dr. Sean McGregor
Sean McGregor and I discuss about why evaluating AI systems has become so difficult; we cover everything from the breakdown of benchmarking, how incentives shape safety work, and what approaches like ...Show More
2) Against 'The Singularity' w/ Dr. David Thorstad
Philosopher Dr. David Thorstad tears into one of AI safety's most influential arguments: the singularity hypothesis. We discuss why the idea of recursive self-improvement leading to superintelligence ...Show More
3) Getting Agentic w/ Alistair Lowe-Norris
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 ...Show More
4) Next Steps at BlueDot w/ Li-Lian Ang
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" approac...Show More
5) Layoffs to Leadership w/ Andres Sepulveda Morales
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...Show More
6) Getting Into PauseAI w/ Will Petillo
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 mis...Show More
7) Making Your Voice Heard w/ Tristan Williams & Felix de Simone
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 A...Show More
8) INTERVIEW: Scaling Democracy w/ (Dr.) Igor Krawczuk
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 inte...Show More
9) INTERVIEW: StakeOut.AI w/ Dr. Peter Park (3)
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 T...Show More
10) INTERVIEW: StakeOut.AI w/ Dr. Peter Park (2)
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...Show More