{"podcast":{"title":"Future of Life Institute Podcast","slug":"future-of-life-institute-podcast-1112471","podcast_index_feed_id":1112471,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/future-of-life-institute-podcast-4e4d1fa5-a878-4cb2-91be-91c3ce266dfd","website_url":"http://podcast.futureoflife.org","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/J_n37RCZqjxGWjRTeSwa1kYSzes1V2OR3ShI3uGkwh8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MmU5/MDZjZGQ5OTI0MDc5/YTk2ZTAxYTgwYTNk/M2VlOC5qcGc.jpg","author":"Future of Life Institute","episode_count":271,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T06:20:26.948551+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-of-life-institute-podcast-1112471"},"episode":{"title":"The Gulf Between AI Progress and Political Understanding (with Dex Hunter-Torricke)","slug":"the-gulf-between-ai-progress-and-political-understanding-with-dex-hunter-torricke","published_at":"2026-06-25T17:04:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-of-life-institute-podcast-1112471/the-gulf-between-ai-progress-and-political-understanding-with-dex-hunter-torricke","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-of-life-institute-podcast-1112471","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/f0478aec","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f0478aec/e52f0f2a.mp3","summary":"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 often misunderstand agents and economic change, and how automation could reshape jobs, welfare, taxation, and global trade. Dex argues that societies need broader political planning before a crisis drives rushed choices. LINKS: Dex Hunter-Torricke Website Center for Tomorrow Website CHAPTERS: (00:00) Episode Preview (01:09) Dex's technology journey (08:22) Broken AI governance (18:00) Big tech blindspots (27:36) Employee power shifts (37:18) Global views and UBI (48:17) Power and displacement (01:00:54) Reasons for optimism PRODUCED BY: https://aipodcast.ing SOCIAL LINKS: Website: https://podcast.futureoflife.org Twitter (FLI): https://x.com/FLI_org Twitter (Gus): https://x.com/gusdocker LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-of-life-institute/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-rCCy3FQ-GItDimSR9lhzw/ Apple: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1170991978 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Op1WO3gwVwCrYHg4eoGyP","meta_description":"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 con…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3819,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/future-of-life-institute-podcast-1112471/episodes/the-gulf-between-ai-progress-and-political-understanding-with-dex-hunter-torricke/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-of-life-institute-podcast-1112471/the-gulf-between-ai-progress-and-political-understanding-with-dex-hunter-torricke.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}