Jul 21, 2026 · not_requested
Jasmine Sun on what the people building AI really believe
- Duration seconds
- 3981
Podcast
80,000 Hours Podcast
- Author
- The 80,000 Hours team
- Feed episode count
- 343
- Official site
- https://80000hours.org/podcast/
Summary
The most important conversations about artificial intelligence you won’t hear anywhere else. Subscribe by searching for '80000 Hours' wherever you get podcasts. Hosted by Rob Wiblin, Luisa Rodriguez, Zershaaneh Qureshi, and Tom Reed.
Episodes
Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested
#247 – Anton Leicht on how middle powers avoid losing everything in a post-AI world
- Duration seconds
- 5638
Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested
#246 – Sneha Revanur on how a small team of activists helped pass America's landmark AI safety laws
- Duration seconds
- 3153
Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested
We can guess what intergalactic war would look like. And strangely, it matters.
- Duration seconds
- 916
Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested
How AI could create the world’s biggest problems (article by Zershaaneh Qureshi)
- Duration seconds
- 5386
Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested
#245 – Rohin Shah on what it's really like to run AGI safety at Google DeepMind (and where I disagree with 'doomers')
- Duration seconds
- 10107
May 28, 2026 · not_requested
What makes for a dream job? | Benjamin Todd
- Duration seconds
- 1698
May 26, 2026 · not_requested
#244 – Benjamin Todd on how we’re updating our career advice for the strangest time in history
- Duration seconds
- 4003
May 20, 2026 · not_requested
Can AIs already start 'rogue deployments' inside AI companies? (Landmark new METR report)
- Duration seconds
- 1202
May 7, 2026 · not_requested
#243 – 'Godfather of AI' Yoshua Bengio: "I now see a path" to safe superintelligent AI
- Duration seconds
- 9327
Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested
'95% of AI Pilots Fail': The hidden agenda behind the viral stat that misled millions
- Duration seconds
- 607
Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested
#242 – Will MacAskill on how we survive the 'intelligence explosion,' AI character, and the case for 'viatopia'
- Duration seconds
- 11694
Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested
Risks from power-seeking AI systems (article narration by Zershaaneh Qureshi)
- Duration seconds
- 5372
Apr 10, 2026 · not_requested
How scary is Claude Mythos? 303 pages in 21 minutes
- Duration seconds
- 1287
Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested
Village gossip, pesticide bans, and gene drives: 17 experts on the future of global health
- Duration seconds
- 14810
Apr 3, 2026 · not_requested
What everyone is missing about Anthropic vs the Pentagon. And: The Meta leaks are worse than you think.
- Duration seconds
- 1237
Mar 31, 2026 · not_requested
#241 – Richard Moulange on how now AI codes viable genomes from scratch and outperforms virologists at lab work — what could go wrong?
- Duration seconds
- 11430
Mar 24, 2026 · not_requested
#240 – Samuel Charap on how a Ukraine ceasefire could accidentally set Europe up for a bigger war
- Duration seconds
- 4536
Mar 17, 2026 · not_requested
#239 – Rose Hadshar on why automating all human labour will break our political system
- Duration seconds
- 8207
Mar 10, 2026 · not_requested
#238 – Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani on how AGI won't end mutually assured destruction (probably)
- Duration seconds
- 4399
Mar 6, 2026 · not_requested
Using AI to enhance societal decision making (article by Zershaaneh Qureshi)
- Duration seconds
- 1888
Mar 3, 2026 · not_requested
#237 – Robert Long on how we're not ready for AI consciousness
- Duration seconds
- 12779
Feb 24, 2026 · not_requested
#236 – Max Harms on why teaching AI right from wrong could get everyone killed
- Duration seconds
- 9622
Feb 17, 2026 · not_requested
#235 – Ajeya Cotra on whether it’s crazy that every AI company’s safety plan is ‘use AI to make AI safe’
- Duration seconds
- 10655
Feb 10, 2026 · not_requested
What the hell happened with AGI timelines in 2025?
- Duration seconds
- 1539
Feb 3, 2026 · not_requested
#179 Classic episode – Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety
- Duration seconds
- 10277
Jan 27, 2026 · not_requested
#234 – David Duvenaud on why 'aligned AI' would still kill democracy
- Duration seconds
- 9170
Jan 20, 2026 · not_requested
#145 Classic episode – Christopher Brown on why slavery abolition wasn't inevitable
- Duration seconds
- 10577
Jan 13, 2026 · not_requested
#233 – James Smith on how to prevent a mirror life catastrophe
- Duration seconds
- 7833