Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested
How AI Is Replacing Children's Ability to Think (with Randi Weingarten)
- Duration seconds
- 2639
Podcast
Future of Life Institute Podcast
- Author
- Future of Life Institute
- Feed episode count
- 271
- Official site
- http://podcast.futureoflife.org
Summary
The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit working to reduce global catastrophic and existential risk from powerful technologies. In particular, FLI focuses on risks from artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, nuclear weapons and climate change. The Institute's work is made up of three main strands: grantmaking for risk reduction, educational outreach, and advocacy within the United Nations, US government and European Union institutions. FLI has become one of the world's leading voices on the governance of AI having created one of the earliest and most influential sets of governance principles: the Asilomar AI Principles.
Episodes
Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested
The Gulf Between AI Progress and Political Understanding (with Dex Hunter-Torricke)
- Duration seconds
- 3819
Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested
How AI Companions Trap Users Through Addictive Design (with Claire Boine)
- Duration seconds
- 4109
May 26, 2026 · not_requested
Why AI Chatbots Are a Rival to the Family (with Michael Toscano)
- Duration seconds
- 4423
May 11, 2026 · not_requested
Why We Should Build AI Tools, Not AI Replacements (with Anthony Aguirre)
- Duration seconds
- 5772
May 7, 2026 · not_requested
How to Govern AI When You Can't Predict the Future (with Charlie Bullock)
- Duration seconds
- 4031
Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested
Why AI Is Not a Normal Technology (with Peter Wildeford)
- Duration seconds
- 5040
Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested
Why AI Evaluation Science Can't Keep Up (with Carina Prunkl)
- Duration seconds
- 3263
Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested
Defense in Depth: Layered Strategies Against AI Risk (with Li-Lian Ang)
- Duration seconds
- 3347
Mar 20, 2026 · not_requested
What AI Companies Get Wrong About Curing Cancer (with Emilia Javorsky)
- Duration seconds
- 4330
Mar 16, 2026 · not_requested
AI vs Cancer - How AI Can, and Can't, Cure Cancer (by Emilia Javorsky)
- Duration seconds
- 9793
Mar 5, 2026 · not_requested
How AI Hacks Your Brain's Attachment System (with Zak Stein)
- Duration seconds
- 6280
Feb 20, 2026 · not_requested
The Case for a Global Ban on Superintelligence (with Andrea Miotti)
- Duration seconds
- 4030
Feb 6, 2026 · not_requested
Can AI Do Our Alignment Homework? (with Ryan Kidd)
- Duration seconds
- 6393
Jan 27, 2026 · not_requested
How to Rebuild the Social Contract After AGI (with Deric Cheng)
- Duration seconds
- 3879
Jan 20, 2026 · not_requested
How AI Can Help Humanity Reason Better (with Oly Sourbut)
- Duration seconds
- 4653
Jan 7, 2026 · not_requested
How to Avoid Two AI Catastrophes: Domination and Chaos (with Nora Ammann)
- Duration seconds
- 4801
Dec 23, 2025 · not_requested
How Humans Could Lose Power Without an AI Takeover (with David Duvenaud)
- Duration seconds
- 4714
Dec 12, 2025 · not_requested
Why the AI Race Undermines Safety (with Steven Adler)
- Duration seconds
- 5325
Nov 27, 2025 · not_requested
Why OpenAI Is Trying to Silence Its Critics (with Tyler Johnston)
- Duration seconds
- 3680
Nov 14, 2025 · not_requested
We're Not Ready for AGI (with Will MacAskill)
- Duration seconds
- 7388
Nov 7, 2025 · not_requested
What Happens When Insiders Sound the Alarm on AI? (with Karl Koch)
- Duration seconds
- 4096
Oct 24, 2025 · not_requested
Can Machines Be Truly Creative? (with Maya Ackerman)
- Duration seconds
- 3711
Oct 14, 2025 · not_requested
From Research Labs to Product Companies: AI's Transformation (with Parmy Olson)
- Duration seconds
- 2797
Oct 3, 2025 · not_requested
Can Defense in Depth Work for AI? (with Adam Gleave)
- Duration seconds
- 4715