Future of Life Institute Podcast

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.

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Every guest on Future of Life Institute Podcast

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

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   Mark Riedl

   Creative AI With Mark Riedl & Scientists Support A Nuclear Ban · Jun 2017

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   Randi Williams
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   John Prendergast

   John Prendergast on Non-dual Awareness and Wisdom for the 21st Century · Feb 2021

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   Anders Sandberg

   What Happens After Superintelligence? (with Anders Sandberg) · 4 episodes

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   Claire Boine

   How AI Companions Trap Users Through Addictive Design (with Claire Boine) · Jun 2026

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   Darren McKee

   Darren McKee on Uncontrollable Superintelligence · Dec 2023

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   David Denkenberger

   FLI Podcast: Feeding Everyone in a Global Catastrophe with Dave Denkenberger & Joshua Pearce · Sep 2019

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   Garrison Lovely

   The Trillion-Dollar AI Race to Replace Us (with Garrison Lovely) · Oct 2026

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   Holly Elmore

   Holly Elmore on Pausing AI, Hardware Overhang, Safety Research, and Protesting · Feb 2024

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    Kaj Sotala

    AIAP: Astronomical Future Suffering and Superintelligence with Kaj Sotala · Jun 2018

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    Nick Allardice

    Nick Allardice on Using AI to Optimize Cash Transfers and Predict Disasters · Dec 2024

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    Peter Wildeford

    Why AI Is Not a Normal Technology (with Peter Wildeford) · Apr 2026

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    Stefan Schubert

    FLI Podcast: The Psychology of Existential Risk and Effective Altruism with Stefan Schubert · Dec 2019

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    Steve Byrnes

    Brain-like AGI and why it's Dangerous (with Steven Byrnes) · Apr 2025

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    Francesca Rossi
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    Timothy Lenton

    Not Cool Ep 3: Tim Lenton on climate tipping points · Sep 2019

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    Randi Weingarten

    How AI Is Replacing Children's Ability to Think (with Randi Weingarten) · Jun 2026

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    Jan Leike

    AIAP: On DeepMind, AI Safety, and Recursive Reward Modeling with Jan Leike · Dec 2019

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    Jeffrey Lewis

    FLI Podcast: Is Nuclear Weapons Testing Back on the Horizon? With Jeffrey Lewis and Alex Bell · Jun 2019

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    Johannes Ackva

    Johannes Ackva on Managing Climate Change · Sep 2023

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    Kelly Wanser

    Kelly Wanser on Climate Change as a Possible Existential Threat · Sep 2020

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    Rohin Shah

    Rohin Shah on the State of AGI Safety Research in 2021 · 4 episodes

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    Sneha Revanur

    Sneha Revanur on the Social Effects of AI · Feb 2024

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    Alan Robock

    Alan Robock on Nuclear Winter, Famine, and Geoengineering · 3 episodes

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    Alexander Verbeek

    Avoiding the Worst of Climate Change with Alexander Verbeek and John Moorhead · Oct 2018

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    Allison Duettmann

    How Will We Cooperate with AIs? (with Allison Duettmann) · Apr 2025

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    Andrea Miotti

    The Case for a Global Ban on Superintelligence (with Andrea Miotti) · 2 episodes

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    Andrew Critch

    Andrew Critch on AI Research Considerations for Human Existential Safety · Sep 2020

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    Andrew Maynard

    Balancing the Risks of Future Technologies With Andrew Maynard and Jack Stilgoe · Nov 2017

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    Ann Pace

    Ann Pace on using Biobanking and Genomic Sequencing to Conserve Biodiversity · Feb 2025

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    Anna Yelizarova
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    Ashley Llorens

    FLI Podcast: Applying AI Safety & Ethics Today with Ashley Llorens & Francesca Rossi · May 2019

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    Astrid Caldas

    Not Cool Ep 15: Astrid Caldas on equitable climate adaptation · Oct 2019

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    Baobao Zhang

    Artificial Intelligence: American Attitudes and Trends with Baobao Zhang · Jan 2019

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    Bart Selman

    Bart Selman on the Promises and Perils of Artificial Intelligence · May 2021

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    Basil Halperin

    What Markets Tell Us About AI Timelines (with Basil Halperin) · Sep 2025

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    Beatrice Erkers

    How We Keep Humans in Control of AI (with Beatrice Erkers) · Sep 2025

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    Benjamin Weinstein-Raun

    Why AI Hacking Is Becoming Hard to Control (with Benjamin Weinstein-Raun) · Aug 2026

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    Brenton Mayer
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    Brian Tomasik

    The Metaethics of Joy, Suffering, and Artificial Intelligence with Brian Tomasik and David Pearce · Aug 2018

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