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80,000 Hours Podcast

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.

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Every guest on 80,000 Hours Podcast

206 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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    Tom Inglesby

    #27 - Dr Tom Inglesby on careers and policies that reduce global catastrophic biological risks · Apr 2018

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    Tom Milton

    Tom Milton on how we could verify a US–China deal on AI · Oct 2026

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    Tom Reed

    Why the intelligence explosion can't happen inside a data centre | Tom Reed · Sep 2026

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    Tyler Whitmer

    OpenAI: The nonprofit refuses to be killed (with Tyler Whitmer) · 2 episodes

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    Varsha Venugopal

    #113 – Varsha Venugopal on using gossip to help vaccinate every child in India · Oct 2021

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    Yew-Kwang Ng

    #38 - Yew-Kwang Ng on anticipating effective altruism decades ago & how to make a much happier world · Jul 2018

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Recent episodes

364 episodes from the feed, newest first.

  1. Luke Muehlhauser on the most important AI safety work nobody is doing

    with Luke Muehlhauser

    Oct 2026
  2. Why Silicon Valley can’t slow down AI on its own | Luisa Rodriguez
    Oct 2026
  3. Tom Milton on how we could verify a US–China deal on AI

    with Tom Milton

    Oct 2026
  4. AI lab staff: Has your project been overtaken by events? 8 strategic updates | Rob Wiblin
    Oct 2026
  5. Introducing our new YouTube channel: Zershaaneh Talks AI
    Oct 2026
  6. How to get into AI safety in 3 months (article reading by career advisor Matt Beard)
    Oct 2026
  7. OpenAI Security: Controlling Models is Now ‘Hell’ (AI Explained cross-post)
    Oct 2026
  8. In 2023 Ajeya Cotra already knew what was coming (classic episode)
    Oct 2026
  9. 19 Astra and 'Hugging Face' details that reveal what's coming next | Rob Wiblin
    Oct 2026
  10. #256 – Simon Goldstein on the case for giving AI (some) legal rights

    with Simon Goldstein

    Oct 2026
  11. #255 – Will AI take power — or will humans use it to take power first? With Katja Grace and Tom Davidson

    with Katja Grace

    Sep 2026
  12. How we get from AI cyberattacks to human extinction
    Sep 2026
  13. #254 – Max Nadeau on why ambitious people should start AI safety nonprofits

    with Max Nadeau

    Sep 2026
  14. Why the intelligence explosion can't happen inside a data centre | Tom Reed

    with Tom Reed

    Sep 2026
  15. Inside the first AI-coordinated cyberattack on a real company
    Sep 2026
  16. #253 – AI 2027's author returns with a plan to change the ending | Daniel Kokotajlo

    with Daniel Kokotajlo

    Aug 2026
  17. #252 – Owain Evans on accidentally training AI models to be evil

    with Owain Evans

    Aug 2026
  18. #251 – The UK's former head AI safety scientist on how to solve alignment before superintelligence arrives | Geoffrey Irving

    with Geoffrey Irving

    Aug 2026
  19. #250 – Toby Ord on where AGI timelines go wrong

    with Toby Ord

    Aug 2026
  20. What the hell happened with AGI timelines in 2026? – Rob Wiblin
    Aug 2026
  21. #249 – Spencer Greenberg on staying sane while trying to save the world

    with Spencer Greenberg

    Jul 2026
  22. #248 – Jasmine Sun on what the people building AI really believe

    with Jasmine Sun

    Jul 2026
  23. #247 – Anton Leicht on how middle powers avoid losing everything in a post-AI world

    with Anton Leicht

    Jul 2026
  24. #246 – Sneha Revanur on how a small team of activists helped pass America's landmark AI safety laws

    with Sneha Revanur

    Jul 2026
  25. We can guess what intergalactic war would look like. And strangely, it matters.
    Jun 2026