# 80,000 Hours Podcast

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Official site: https://80000hours.org/podcast/
Author: The 80,000 Hours team
Episodes: 339

## Resource

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, and Zershaaneh Qureshi.

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## Episodes
- [How AI could create the world’s biggest problems (article by Zershaaneh Qureshi)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/how-ai-could-create-the-world-s-biggest-problems-article-by-zershaaneh-qureshi) — 2026-06-11T16:43:25+00:00
- [What it's really like to run AGI safety at Google DeepMind (and where I disagree with 'doomers') | Rohin Shah](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/what-it-s-really-like-to-run-agi-safety-at-google-deepmind-and-where-i-disagree-with-doomers-rohin-shah) — 2026-06-02T15:30:34+00:00
- [What makes for a dream job? | Benjamin Todd](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/what-makes-for-a-dream-job-benjamin-todd) — 2026-05-28T14:46:08+00:00
- [We’re updating our career advice for the strangest time in history | Benjamin Todd, author of 80,000 Hours](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/we-re-updating-our-career-advice-for-the-strangest-time-in-history-benjamin-todd-author-of-80-000-hours) — 2026-05-26T15:47:29+00:00
- [Can AIs already start 'rogue deployments' inside AI companies? (Landmark new METR report)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/can-ais-already-start-rogue-deployments-inside-ai-companies-landmark-new-metr-report) — 2026-05-20T15:23:55+00:00
- [#243 – 'Godfather of AI' Yoshua Bengio: "I now see a path" to safe superintelligent AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/243-godfather-of-ai-yoshua-bengio-i-now-see-a-path-to-safe-superintelligent-ai) — 2026-05-07T16:27:48+00:00
- ['95% of AI Pilots Fail': The hidden agenda behind the viral stat that misled millions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/95-of-ai-pilots-fail-the-hidden-agenda-behind-the-viral-stat-that-misled-millions) — 2026-04-28T16:52:46+00:00
- [#242 – Will MacAskill on how we survive the 'intelligence explosion,' AI character, and the case for 'viatopia'](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/242-will-macaskill-on-how-we-survive-the-intelligence-explosion-ai-character-and-the-case-for-viatopia) — 2026-04-22T16:12:02+00:00
- [Risks from power-seeking AI systems (article narration by Zershaaneh Qureshi)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/risks-from-power-seeking-ai-systems-article-narration-by-zershaaneh-qureshi) — 2026-04-16T13:56:03+00:00
- [How scary is Claude Mythos? 303 pages in 21 minutes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/how-scary-is-claude-mythos-303-pages-in-21-minutes) — 2026-04-10T17:07:20+00:00
- [Village gossip, pesticide bans, and gene drives: 17 experts on the future of global health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/village-gossip-pesticide-bans-and-gene-drives-17-experts-on-the-future-of-global-health) — 2026-04-07T14:50:06+00:00
- [What everyone is missing about Anthropic vs the Pentagon. And: The Meta leaks are worse than you think.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/what-everyone-is-missing-about-anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-and-the-meta-leaks-are-worse-than-you-think) — 2026-04-03T15:07:29+00:00
- [#241 – Richard Moulange on how now AI codes viable genomes from scratch and outperforms virologists at lab work — what could go wrong?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/241-richard-moulange-on-how-now-ai-codes-viable-genomes-from-scratch-and-outperforms-virologists-at-lab-work-what-could-go-wrong) — 2026-03-31T16:39:04+00:00
- [#240 – Samuel Charap on how a Ukraine ceasefire could accidentally set Europe up for a bigger war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/240-samuel-charap-on-how-a-ukraine-ceasefire-could-accidentally-set-europe-up-for-a-bigger-war) — 2026-03-24T16:51:34+00:00
- [#239 – Rose Hadshar on why automating all human labour will break our political system](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/239-rose-hadshar-on-why-automating-all-human-labour-will-break-our-political-system) — 2026-03-17T16:00:44+00:00
- [#238 – Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani on how AGI won't end mutually assured destruction (probably)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/238-sam-winter-levy-and-nikita-lalwani-on-how-agi-won-t-end-mutually-assured-destruction-probably) — 2026-03-10T18:20:00+00:00
- [Using AI to enhance societal decision making (article by Zershaaneh Qureshi)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/using-ai-to-enhance-societal-decision-making-article-by-zershaaneh-qureshi) — 2026-03-06T17:34:21+00:00
- [#237 – Robert Long on how we're not ready for AI consciousness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/237-robert-long-on-how-we-re-not-ready-for-ai-consciousness) — 2026-03-03T17:27:42+00:00
- [#236 – Max Harms on why teaching AI right from wrong could get everyone killed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/236-max-harms-on-why-teaching-ai-right-from-wrong-could-get-everyone-killed) — 2026-02-24T17:07:16+00:00
- [#235 – Ajeya Cotra on whether it’s crazy that every AI company’s safety plan is ‘use AI to make AI safe’](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/235-ajeya-cotra-on-whether-it-s-crazy-that-every-ai-company-s-safety-plan-is-use-ai-to-make-ai-safe) — 2026-02-17T16:46:08+00:00
- [What the hell happened with AGI timelines in 2025?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/what-the-hell-happened-with-agi-timelines-in-2025) — 2026-02-10T17:02:09+00:00
- [#179 Classic episode – Randy Nesse on why evolution left us so vulnerable to depression and anxiety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/179-classic-episode-randy-nesse-on-why-evolution-left-us-so-vulnerable-to-depression-and-anxiety) — 2026-02-03T16:00:02+00:00
- [#234 – David Duvenaud on why 'aligned AI' would still kill democracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/234-david-duvenaud-on-why-aligned-ai-would-still-kill-democracy) — 2026-01-27T16:55:38+00:00
- [#145 Classic episode – Christopher Brown on why slavery abolition wasn't inevitable](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/145-classic-episode-christopher-brown-on-why-slavery-abolition-wasn-t-inevitable) — 2026-01-20T15:25:48+00:00
- [#233 – James Smith on how to prevent a mirror life catastrophe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/80-000-hours-podcast-747608/233-james-smith-on-how-to-prevent-a-mirror-life-catastrophe) — 2026-01-13T16:12:54+00:00

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