AXRP - the AI X-risk Research Podcast
Hosted by Host · Daniel Filan
4.8from 34 ratings
- 64
- Episodes
- 26
- Transcribed
- 34
- Ratings
- 2020
- First episode
- 454K
- YouTube views
About AXRP - the AI X-risk Research Podcast
AXRP (pronounced axe-urp) is the AI X-risk Research Podcast where I, Daniel Filan, have conversations with researchers about their papers. We discuss the paper, and hopefully get a sense of why it's been written and how it might reduce the risk of AI causing an existential catastrophe: that is, permanently and drastically curtailing humanity's future potential. You can visit the website and read transcripts at axrp.net.
- Publisher
- Daniel Filan
- Category
- science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Dec 2020
- Latest episode
- 2 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
26 of 64 episodes have a transcript.
2 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
50 - Eli Lifland on AI 2027
18 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
49 - Caspar Oesterheld on Program Equilibrium
15 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
48 - Guive Assadi on AI Property Rights
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50 - Eli Lifland on AI 2027
Published 2 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And yeah, I mean, I think the short answer is something like, well, one, we have a bunch of uncertainty about the feedback loops. But when we try to sort of like run the numbers, basically, like... it seems very plausible that the feedback loop will be very fast and basically like, you know, we'll be getting more and more capable, we'll be getting more capable AI, which, you know, can like more quickly create the next AI, which is more capable, et cetera, et cetera. We have a lot of uncertainty about how that will play out because there's also diminishing returns to more sort of like software research. […]
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- Eli Lifland
- Caspar Oesterheld
- Guive Assadi
- David Rein
- Tom Davidson
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- YouTube views
- 453,852
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 9 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 25 ratings
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- 86
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 90
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