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The AI Safety Map
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Civilisational risk and strategy
80,000 Hours Podcast
5 May 2023
Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world
This conversation examines core safety through Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world, surfacing the assumptions, failure paths, and strategic choices that matter most for real-world deployment.
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AXRP
4 Oct 2024
Jaime Sevilla on Forecasting AI
This conversation examines core safety through Jaime Sevilla on Forecasting AI, surfacing the assumptions, failure paths, and strategic choices that matter most for real-world deployment.
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Diary of a CEO
3 Dec 2025
You Are Not Prepared For 2027
Preparedness and timeline risk framed as an immediate operating concern for mainstream audiences.
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Future of Life Institute Podcast
7 Jan 2026
How to Avoid Two AI Catastrophes: Domination and Chaos (with Nora Ammann)
This conversation examines core safety through How to Avoid Two AI Catastrophes: Domination and Chaos (with Nora Ammann), surfacing the assumptions, failure paths, and strategic choices that matter most for real-world deployment.
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Future of Life Institute Podcast
1 Sept 2025
What Markets Tell Us About AI Timelines (with Basil Halperin)
This conversation examines core safety through What Markets Tell Us About AI Timelines (with Basil Halperin), surfacing the assumptions, failure paths, and strategic choices that matter most for real-world deployment.
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Future of Life Institute Podcast
12 Dec 2025
Why the AI Race Undermines Safety (with Steven Adler)
This conversation examines core safety through Why the AI Race Undermines Safety (with Steven Adler), surfacing the assumptions, failure paths, and strategic choices that matter most for real-world deployment.
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Lex Fridman Podcast
30 Mar 2023
Eliezer Yudkowsky on Dangers of AI and End of Civilization (Lex Fridman)
A high-stakes existential-risk interview focused on loss-of-control arguments and emergency policy posture.
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Lex Fridman Podcast
2 Jun 2024
Roman Yampolskiy on Dangers of Superintelligent AI (Lex Fridman)
A high-risk framing interview centered on existential failure modes, loss-of-control arguments, and mitigation limits.
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Lex Fridman Podcast
1 Feb 2026
State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Scaling Laws, Agents, and AGI (Lex Fridman)
A long-form strategic review of frontier-model progress, open-vs-closed dynamics, China-US competition, and AGI timelines.
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Lex Fridman Podcast
9 Dec 2018
Stuart Russell on the Long-Term Future of AI (Lex Fridman)
A foundational interview on alignment, value uncertainty, and control risks in advanced AI systems.
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TED Talks
Date pending
Max Tegmark — How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI
Tegmark translates AI risk into decision architecture: who sets objectives, who governs deployment, and how societies keep agency as systems become more capable. He separates speculative myths from immediate governance design choices.
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TED Talks
Date pending
Tristan Harris — Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation
Harris presents frontier AI as a collective governance decision rather than a technical inevitability. The talk links social-media deployment failures to current AI rollout dynamics, arguing that capability acceleration without institutional counterweights produces predictable public harm.
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