• #14: Anton Korinek on AI's Economic and Workforce Impacts
    Dec 27 2024

    Anton Korinek, a professor at the University of Virginia's economics department and business school, joined the podcast to discuss AI productivity gains, augmentation versus automation, the future of white-collar work, global access to AI technology, universal basic income, career planning in the age of AI, workforce adaptation, AI-generated podcasts, and more.

    Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

    For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • #13: Nick Whitaker on AI Policy Principles
    Nov 25 2024

    Nick Whitaker, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute working on emerging tech and AI policy, joined the podcast to discuss his AI Policy Playbook as well as progress studies, global competition in AI, artificial general intelligence, cyber security, export controls, AI talent recruitment, AI companions, and more.

    Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

    For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.

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    36 mins
  • #12: Michael K. Cohen on Regulating Advanced Artificial Agents
    Oct 18 2024

    Dr. Michael K. Cohen, a postdoc AI safety researcher at UC Berkeley, joined the podcast to discuss OpenAI's superalignment research, reinforcement learning and imitation learning, potential dangers of advanced future AI agents, policy proposals to address long-term planning agents, academic discourse on AI risks, California's SB 1047 bill, and more.

    Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

    For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.

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    44 mins
  • #11: Ellen P. Goodman on AI Accountability Policy
    Sep 10 2024

    Ellen P. Goodman, a distinguished professor of law at Rutgers Law School, joined the podcast to discuss the NTIA's AI accountability report, federal AI policy efforts, watermarking and data provenance, AI-generated content, risk-based regulation, and more.

    Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

    For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.

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    46 mins
  • #10: Stephen Casper on Technical and Sociotechnical AI Safety Research
    Aug 2 2024

    Stephen Casper, a computer science PhD student at MIT, joined the podcast to discuss AI interpretability, red-teaming and robustness, evaluations and audits, reinforcement learning from human feedback, Goodhart’s law, and more.

    Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

    For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.

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    1 hr
  • #9: Kelsey Piper on the OpenAI Exit Documents Incident
    Jul 5 2024

    Kelsey Piper, Senior Writer at Vox, joined the podcast to discuss OpenAI's recent incident involving exit documents, the extent to which OpenAI's actions were unreasonable, and the broader significance of this story.

    Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

    For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.

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    53 mins
  • #8: Tamay Besiroglu on the Trends Driving Past and Future AI Progress
    Jun 14 2024

    Tamay Besiroglu, Associate Director of Epoch AI, joined the podcast to provide a comprehensive overview of the factors shaping AI progress, from algorithmic advances and hardware scaling to data availability and economic incentives, and to analyze the potential trajectories of AI development over the coming years.

    Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

    For a transcript, highlights, and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.

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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • #7: Katja Grace on the Future of AI and Insights From AI Researchers
    May 30 2024

    Katja Grace, Lead Researcher and Co-Founder of AI Impacts, joined the podcast to discuss where AI is heading and what AI researchers think about it, including analysis of likely the largest-ever survey of AI researchers.

    Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).

    For a transcript, highlights, and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.

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    49 mins