38.7 - Anthony Aguirre on the Future of Life Institute

The Future of Life Institute is one of the oldest and most prominant organizations in the AI existential safety space, working on such topics as the AI pause open letter and how the EU AI Act can be improved. Metaculus is one of the premier forecasting sites on the internet. Behind both of them lie one man: Anthony Aguirre, who I talk with in this episode.
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Topics we discuss, and timestamps:
00:33 - Anthony, FLI, and Metaculus
06:46 - The Alignment Workshop
07:15 - FLI's current activity
11:04 - AI policy
17:09 - Work FLI funds

Links:
Future of Life Institute: futureoflife.org
Metaculus: metaculus.com
Future of Life Foundation: flf.org

Episode art by Hamish Doodles: hamishdoodles.com