Consistently Candid

Nov 08 2024 17 ep. 76 mins 4
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AI safety, philosophy and other things.

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#17 Fun Theory with Noah Topper

Nov 08 2024 85 mins  
The Fun Theory Sequence is one of Eliezer Yudkowsky's cheerier works, and considers questions such as 'how much fun is there in the universe?', 'are we having fun yet' and 'could we be having more fun?'. It tries to answer some of the philosophical quandries we might encounter when envisioning a post-AGI utopia. In this episode, I discussed Fun Theory with Noah Topper, who loyal li

#16 John Sherman on the psychological experience of learning about x-risk and AI safety messaging strategies

Oct 30 2024 52 mins  
John Sherman is the host of the For Humanity Podcast, which (much like this one!) aims to explain AI safety to a non-expert audience. In this episode, we compared our experiences of encountering AI safety arguments for the first time and the psychological experience of being aware of x-risk, as well as what messaging strategies the AI safety community should be using to engage more

#15 Should we be engaging in civil disobedience to protest AGI development?

Oct 20 2024 78 mins  
StopAI are a non-profit aiming to achieve a permanent ban on the development of AGI through peaceful protest. In this episode, I chatted with three of founders of StopAI – Remmelt Ellen, Sam Kirchner and Guido Reichstadter. We talked about what protest tactics StopAI have been using, and why they want a stop (and not just a pause!) in the development of AGI. Follow Sam, Remmelt a

#14 Buck Shlegeris on AI control

Oct 16 2024 50 mins  
Buck Shlegeris is the CEO of Redwood Research, a non-profit working to reduce risks from powerful AI. We discussed Redwood's research into AI control, why we shouldn't feel confident that witnessing an AI escape attempt would persuade labs to undeploy dangerous models, lessons from the vetoing of SB1047, the importance of lab security and more. Posts discussed:The case for ensuring

#13 Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander debate the Very Repugnant Conclusion

Sep 08 2024 113 mins  
In this episode, Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander are back to battle it out for the philosophy crown, while I (attempt to) moderate. They discuss the Very Repugnant Conclusion, which, in the words of Claude, "posits that a world with a vast population living lives barely worth living could be considered ethically inferior to a world with an even larger population, where most people

#12 Deger Turan on all things forecasting

Aug 21 2024 54 mins  
Deger Turan is the CEO of forecasting platform Metaculus and president of the AI Objectives Institute. In this episode, we discuss how forecasting can be used to help humanity coordinate around reducing existential risks, Deger's advice for aspiring forecasters, the future of using AI for forecasting and more!Enter Metaculus's Q3 AI Forecasting Benchmark TournamentGet in touch with

#11 Katja Grace on the AI Impacts survey, the case for slowing down AI & arguments for and against x-risk

Jun 20 2024 76 mins  
Katja Grace is the co-founder of AI Impacts, a non-profit focused on answering key questions about the future trajectory of AI development, which is best known for conducting the world's largest survey of machine learning researchers. We talked about the most interesting results from the survey, Katja's views on whether we should slow down AI progress, the best arguments for and ag

#10 Nathan Labenz on the current AI state-of-the-art, the Red Team in Public project, reasons for hope on AI x-risk & more

Jun 09 2024 114 mins  
Nathan Labenz is the founder of AI content-generation platform Waymark and host of The Cognitive Revolution Podcast, who now works full-time on tracking and analysing developments in AI. We chatted about where we currently stand with state-of-art AI capabilities, whether we should be advocating for a pause on scaling frontier models, Nathan's Red Team in Public project, and some re

#9 Sneha Revanur on founding Encode Justice, California's SB-1047, and youth advocacy for safe AI development

May 15 2024 49 mins  
Sheha Revanur is a the founder of Encode Justice, an international, youth-led network campaigning for the responsible development of AI, which was among the sponsors of California's proposed AI bill SB-1047. We chatted about why Sheha founded Encode Justice, the importance of youth advocacy in AI safety, and what the movement can learn from climate activism. We also dug into the de

#8 Nathan Young on forecasting, AI risk & regulation, and how not to lose your mind on Twitter

Apr 21 2024 88 mins  
Nathan Young is a forecaster, software developer and tentative AI optimist. In this episode, we discussed how Nathan approaches forecasting, why his p(doom) is 2-9%, whether we should pause AGI research, and more!Follow Nathan on Twitter: Nathan 🔍 (@NathanpmYoung) / X (twitter.com) Nathan's substack: Predictive Text | Nathan Young | SubstackMy Twitter: sarah ⏸️ (@littIerambl