{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Manifold","title":"Dreamers and Doomers: Our AI future, with Richard Ngo – #109","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3d20fa44\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6691,"description":"Richard Ngo is an independent AI researcher and philosopher known for\nhis work on AGI safety and alignment. He recently resigned from\nOpenAI, where he was a member of the Governance team focused on\nforecasting the capabilities and risks of advanced AI systems. His\ndebut fiction collection is titled \"The Gentle Romance: Stories of AI\nand Humanity\", published in December 2025. The book features 22\nscience fiction stories that explore the psychological and\nsociological impacts of advanced artificial intelligence.\n\nOn X: @RichardMCNgo\n\n\n\n–\nSteve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SuperFocus.ai, SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU. Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on X @hsu_steve.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3dN5jXpdPU-2tksLGunno-_3QSF26xY_bpkov6O7drs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3Njg3LzE2NDI3/MjI3MjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}