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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   Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse

   AI Timelines and Human Psychology (with Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse) · Jun 2025

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   Sean Ekins

   Sean Ekins on Regulating AI Drug Discovery · 2 episodes

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   Seth Baum

   What are the odds of nuclear war? A conversation with Seth Baum and Robert de Neufville · 2 episodes

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   Simon Beard

   FLI Podcast: The Climate Crisis as an Existential Threat with Simon Beard and Haydn Belfield · Aug 2019

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   Stephanie Herring

   Not Cool Ep 10: Stephanie Herring on extreme weather events and climate change attribution · Oct 2019

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   Stuart Armstrong

   AIAP: Synthesizing a human's preferences into a utility function with Stuart Armstrong · Sep 2019

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   Susi Snyder
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   Suzanne Jones

   Not Cool Ep 8: Suzanne Jones on climate policy and government responsibility · Sep 2019

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   Suzy Shepherd

   Suzy Shepherd on Imagining Superintelligence and "Writing Doom" · Nov 2024

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    Tamay Besiroglu

    Tamay Besiroglu on AI in 2030: Scaling, Automation, and AI Agents · Oct 2024

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    Tobias Baumann

    Tobias Baumann on Space Colonization and Cooperative Artificial Intelligence · 2 episodes

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    Tom Barnes

    Tom Barnes on How to Build a Resilient World · Sep 2024

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    Tom Cozens

    Visualizing Moloch: A Short Film About the AI Race (with Tom Cozens) · Sep 2026

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    Tyler Johnston

    Why OpenAI Is Trying to Silence Its Critics (with Tyler Johnston) · Nov 2025

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    Val Kapos

    Not Cool Ep 13: Val Kapos on ecosystem-based adaptation · Oct 2019

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    Vincent Boulanin

    Vincent Boulanin on Military Use of Artificial Intelligence · 2 episodes

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    Wendell Wallach

    AIAP: Machine Ethics and AI Governance with Wendell Wallach · Nov 2019

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    Zachary Kallenborn
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    David Manheim (researcher)

    Why AI Evaluations Are Broken and How to Fix Them (with David Manheim) · Jul 2026

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