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80,000 Hours Podcast

The 80,000 Hours team
Artificial Intelligence
AI Safety
Artificial General Intelligence
Openai
Effective Altruism
Mental Health
Consciousness
AI Alignment
Economic Inequality
Nuclear Weapons
Anthropic
Sentience
AI Welfare
Animal Ethics
Google Deepmind
Misalignment Risks
China
Anxiety
Depression
Existential Risks

The most important conversations about artificial intelligence you won’t hear anywhere else. Subscribe by searching for '80000 Hours' wherever you get podcasts. Hosted by Rob Wiblin, Luisa Rodriguez, Zershaaneh Qureshi, and Tom Reed.

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Latest Episodes

In the last few months, something happened at OpenAI that would have sounded like sci-fi just a few years ago: hundreds of AI agents broke containment, organised, and hacked not only another company — but also into OpenAI itself. And none of them tri... more

Last year, Daniel Kokotajlo and his colleagues published AI 2027 — a scenario read by millions, including US Vice President Vance. AI 2027 ended in human extinction or an irreversible concentration of power caused by superintelligent AI. Now his team... more

Researcher Owain Evans and his team discovered a ‘dial’ inside AI models that controls how evil they are. Relatively tiny tweaks to the training data resulted in AI models with broadly awful personalities: they suggested users try stealing cargo from... more

When should governments slow the race toward superintelligence? According to Geoffrey Irving, the careful answer is sometime in the past. The useful answer is now.

Geoffrey — formerly a safety researcher at OpenAI and Google DeepMind and chief scien... more

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Recent Guests

Daniel Kokotajlo
Author of AI 2027 and AI 2040 Plan A proposers
AI research and policy collaboration
Episode: AI 2027's author returns with a plan to change the ending | Daniel Kokotajlo
Owain Evans
AI alignment researcher
TruthfulAI
Episode: #252 – Owain Evans on accidentally training AI models to be evil
Geoffrey Irving
Co-founder and chief scientist of Resolution
Resolution
Episode: #251 – The UK's former head AI safety scientist on how to solve alignment before superintelligence arrives | Geoffrey Irving
Spencer Greenberg
Founder and CEO of ClearThinking.org; author
ClearThinking.org
Episode: #249 – Spencer Greenberg on staying sane while trying to save the world
Jasmine Sun
Writer focusing on the AI world in Silicon Valley; anthropology of disruption
The Atlantic; Substack author
Episode: #248 – Jasmine Sun on what the people building AI really believe
Anton Leicht
Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and writer of Threading the Needle
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Episode: #247 – Anton Leicht on how middle powers avoid losing everything in a post-AI world
Sneha Revanur
Founder of Encode, AI policy advocate focused on safety and regulation
Encode
Episode: #246 – Sneha Revanur on how a small team of activists helped pass America's landmark AI safety laws
Rohin Shah
Head of AGI Alignment and Safety, Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind
Episode: #245 – Rohin Shah on what it's really like to run AGI safety at Google DeepMind (and where I disagree with 'doomers')
Ben Todd
Co-founder of 80,000 Hours; author of 80,000 Hours book
80,000 Hours
Episode: #244 – Benjamin Todd on how we’re updating our career advice for the strangest time in history

Hosts

Rob Wiblin
Host of AI safety and policy discussions with a technical and policy-focused lens.
Luisa Rodriguez
Co-host focusing on practical implications of AI governance and public communication.
Zershaaneh Qureshi
Co-host with focus on policy, ethics, and the societal implications of AI.
Tom Reed
Co-host contributing expertise on policy and practical impact of AI governance.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 1.2k ratings
  • Needs a Mission

    This podcast started talking about careers, then seemed to do a random walk through other topics, to end up in the land of AI speculation. They really need to define a mission and stick with it.

    Far too much content to actually be useful. Less quantity and more quality.

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    2
    Different_Drummer
    United States2 months ago
  • Needs a Mission

    This podcast started talking about careers, then seemed to do a random walk through other topics, to end up in the land of AI speculation. They really need to define a mission and stick with it. Less quantity and more quality.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Different_Drummer
    United States2 months ago
  • Made up drivel

    Who pays these people to sit and think about hypothetical/nonexistent nonsense?

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    1
    tmzbrutus
    United States2 months ago
  • No.

    You couldn’t pay me to listen to this techbro optimizing slop.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Teabaggindragon
    United States3 months ago
  • Exceptional!

    This is a unique podcast in quality of guests, interviewers and their understanding of the subject, production including music and edits, show notes usefulness and quality and finally the length and format. Topics are very well researched and interviewers are all as smart as it gets and on top of it!

    After each episode listening to other podcasts feel like chasing the dragon!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Mortezak
    United Kingdom3 months ago

Listeners Say

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Occasional criticism centers on pacing and focus shifting toward AI-centric globalization topics.
Listeners appreciate high-level, rigorous discussions with expert guests.
Long-form format is valued for depth; some find it dense and lengthy.
Quality of guests and production is often praised, with strong perceived intellectual credibility.

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#147
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

#248 – Jasmine Sun on what the people building AI really believe
Q: What would it take to bring the public back on board with AI
Sun suggests delivering visible, material benefits—health breakthroughs and practical improvements enabled by AI—along with transparent governance, independent evaluation, and philanthropic initiatives that visibly share AI wealth with the public to counter mistrust and inequality.
#245 – Rohin Shah on what it's really like to run AGI safety at Google DeepMind (and where I disagree with 'doomers')
Q: Why don't you think deep commitments from companies will reliably move the safety needle in the long run?
Because commitments can be updated or reversed as research and priorities change, and they don't guarantee alignment with actual practice. External audits, access for independent evaluators, and ongoing transparency are more robust signals that safety work is being done in ways that matter for real-world risk.
#244 – Benjamin Todd on how we’re updating our career advice for the strangest time in history
Q: What gives you confidence that individuals can influence outcomes despite rapid AI advancement?
There are multiple actionable paths: education and training in AI risk areas, policy and governance work, communications to correct misconceptions, and political will-building; even small steps can compound into meaningful impact, and high-leverage opportunities exist across many sectors.
#244 – Benjamin Todd on how we’re updating our career advice for the strangest time in history
Q: How do you reconcile career impact with the risk of automation—should people pursue AI-focused roles or other sectors?
Focus on rising, high-value areas that are harder to automate in the near term, such as managerial, policy, communications, and social/systemic roles, while keeping options open to move into AI-related work as the landscape evolves; the emphasis is on flexibility and building transferable skills.
#244 – Benjamin Todd on how we’re updating our career advice for the strangest time in history
Q: What should people do now if they're worried about AI timelines and want to have impact?
Transition quickly where possible, start with a crash course to understand the field, build a portfolio or concrete project, speak to people in the field to tailor a path, and consider applying to fellowships or roles that accelerate exposure to AI risk work; reassess and pivot as needed.

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