Future of Life Institute Podcast
Hosted by Gus · Future of Life Institute
4.7from 168 ratings
- 281
- Episodes
- 80
- Transcribed
- 168
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 18M
- YouTube views
About 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.
- Publisher
- Future of Life Institute
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Dec 2015
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
80 of 281 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Delisted: A Film About AI-Powered Social Erasure (with Michael Patrick Clarkson)
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Visualizing Moloch: A Short Film About the AI Race (with Tom Cozens)
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can Humans Still Control AI-Assisted Kill Chains? (with Katrina Manson)
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Delisted: A Film About AI-Powered Social Erasure (with Michael Patrick Clarkson)
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So it becomes an echo of an echo of an echo of an echo. And I feel like AI is going to do the same. Eventually, AI will lead us if not used correctly and not deployed in a way that's just gonna benefit the ruling elite, AI will create us into echoes of echoes of echoes of humans. And the prospect for that is terrifying. You just need to look at, right, okay, you go on a walk, you go out in the mountains, you go out and experience the world, you listen to music, you dance, you feel alive. That is why we're here. We're here to live in this world and experience it. And I feel like how AI is being deployed right now is pulling and stripping the human experience from everything. […]
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- Michael Patrick Clarkson
- Tom Cozens
- Katrina Manson
- Beatrice Fihn
- Benjamin Weinstein-Raun
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- YouTube views
- 17,646,739
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 111 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 57 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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