Future of Life Institute Podcast

Andrea Miotti is the founder and CEO of Control AI, a nonprofit. He joins the podcast to discuss efforts to prevent extreme risks from superintelligent AI. The conversation covers industry lobbying, comparisons with tobacco regulation, and why he advocates a global ban on AI systems that can outsmart and overpower humans. We also discuss informing lawmakers and the public, and concrete actions listeners can take.



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CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(00:52) Extinction risk and lobbying

(08:59) Progress toward superintelligence

(16:26) Building political awareness

(24:27) Global regulation strategy

(33:06) Race dynamics and public

(42:36) Vision and key safeguards

(51:18) Recursive self-improvement controls

(58:13) Power concentration and action



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What is 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.