For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast

Host John Sherman interviews Esban Kran, CEO of Apart Research about a broad range of AI risk topics. Most importantly, the discussion covers a growing for-profit AI risk business landscape, and Apart’s recent report on Dark Patterns in LLMs. We hear about the benchmarking of new models all the time, but this project has successfully identified some key dark patterns in these models. MORE FROM OUR...

Host John Sherman interviews Jad Tarifi, CEO of Integral AI, about Jad's company's work to try to create a world of trillions of AGI-enabled robots by 2035. Jad was a leader at Google's first generative AI team, his views of his former colleague Geoffrey Hinton's views on existential risk from advanced AI come up more than once. FOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS:$1 M...

Host John Sherman interviews Tara Steele, Director, The Safe AI For Children Alliance, about her work to protect children from AI risks such as deep fakes, her concern about AI causing human extinction, and what we can do about all of it. FOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS: $1 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3cje3x2Zk9SodQT $10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y46oo $25 MONT...

What will 2025 bring? Sam Altman says AGI is coming in 2025. Agents will arrive for sure. Military use will expand greatly. Will we get a warning shot? Will we survive the year? In Episode #57, host John Sherman interviews AI Safety Research Engineer Max Winga about the latest in AI advances and risks and the year to come. FOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS: $1 MONTH https://buy.stri...

FOR HUMANITY MONTHLY DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS: $1 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3cje3x2Zk9S... $10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y... $25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIgg... $100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfc... In Episode #56, host John Sherman travels to Washington DC to lobby House and Senate staffers for AI regulation along with Felix De Simone and Lou...

3,893 views Nov 19, 2024 For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast In Episode #54 John Sherman interviews Connor Leahy, CEO of Conjecture. (FULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT 00:06:46 ) DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS: $10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y... $25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIgg... $100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfc... EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com Check o...

In Episode #53 John Sherman interviews Michael DB Harvey, author of The Age of Humachines. The discussion covers the coming spectre of humans putting digital implants inside ourselves to try to compete with AI. DONATION SUBSCRIPTION LINKS: $10 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/5kAbIP9Nh0Rc4y... $25 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/3cs9AHf7B9nIgg... $100 MONTH https://buy.stripe.com/aEU007bVp7fAfc... This i...

In Episode #52 , host John Sherman looks back on the first year of For Humanity. Select shows are featured as well as a very special celebration of life at the end. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theairisknetwork.substack.com/subscribe

In Episode #51 , host John Sherman talks with Tom Barnes, an Applied Researcher with Founders Pledge, about the reality of AI risk funding, and about the need for emergency planning for AI to be much more robust and detailed than it is now. We are currently woefully underprepared. Learn More About Founders Pledge: https://www.founderspledge.com/ No celebration of life this week!! Youtube finally g...

In Episode #51 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Tom Barnes, an Applied Researcher with Founders Pledge, about the reality of AI risk funding, and about the need for emergency planning for AI to be much more robust and detailed than it is now. We are currently woefully underprepared. Learn More About Founders Pledge: https://www.founderspledge.com/ THURSDAY NIGHTS--LIVE FOR HUMANITY COMMUNITY...

In Episode #50, host John Sherman talks with Deger Turan, CEO of Metaculus about what his prediction market reveals about the AI future we are all heading towards. THURSDAY NIGHTS--LIVE FOR HUMANITY COMMUNITY MEETINGS--8:30PM EST Join Zoom Meeting: https://storyfarm.zoom.us/j/816517210... Passcode: 829191 LEARN MORE– www.metaculus.com Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.pay...

In Episode #50 TRAILER, host John Sherman talks with Deger Turan, CEO of Metaculus about what his prediction market reveals about the AI future we are all heading towards. LEARN MORE–AND JOIN STOP AI www.stopai.info Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhu... EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion e...

In Episode #48, host John Sherman talks with Pause AI US Founder Holly Elmore about the limiting origins of the AI safety movement. Polls show 60-80% of the public are opposed to building artificial superintelligence. So why is the movement to stop it still so small? The roots of the AI safety movement have a lot to do with it. Holly and John explore the present day issues created by the movements...

In Episode #48 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Pause AI US Founder Holly Elmore about the limiting origins of the AI safety movement. Polls show 60-80% of the public are opposed to building artificial superintelligence. So why is the movement to stop it still so small? The roots of the AI safety movement have a lot to do with it. Holly and John explore the present day issues created by the m...

In Episode #47, host John Sherman talks with Buck Shlegeris, CEO of Redwood Research, a non-profit company working on technical AI risk challenges. The discussion includes Buck’s thoughts on the new OpenAI o1-preview model, but centers on two questions: is there a way to control AI models before alignment is achieved if it can be, and how would the system that’s supposed to save the world actually...

In Episode #47 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Buck Shlegeris, CEO of Redwood Research, a non-profit company working on technical AI risk challenges. The discussion includes Buck’s thoughts on the new OpenAI o1-preview model, but centers on two questions: is there a way to control AI models before alignment is achieved if it can be, and how would the system that’s supposed to save the world...

In Episode #46, host John Sherman talks with Daniel Faggella, Founder and Head of Research at Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research . Dan has been speaking out about AI risk for a long time but comes at it from a different perspective than many. Dan thinks we need to talk about how we can make AGI and whatever comes after become humanity’s worthy successor. More About Daniel Faggella https://danf...

In Episode #46 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with Daniel Faggella, Founder and Head of Research at Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research . Dan has been speaking out about AI risk for a long time but comes at it from a different perspective than many. Dan thinks we need to talk about how we can make AGI and whatever comes after become humanity’s worthy successor. More About Daniel Faggella http...

In Episode #45, host John Sherman talks with Dr. Mike Brooks, a Psychologist focusing on kids and technology. The conversation is broad-ranging, touching on parenting, happiness and screens, the need for human unity, and the psychology of humans facing an ever more unknown future. FULL INTERVIEW STARTS AT (00:05:28) Mike’s book: Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World An...

In Episode #45 TRAILER, host John Sherman talks with Dr. Mike Brooks, a Psychologist focusing on kids and technology. The conversation is broad-ranging, touching on parenting, happiness and screens, the need for human unity, and the psychology of humans facing an ever more unknown future. Mike’s book: Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World An article from Mike in Psychol...

In Episode #44, host John Sherman brings back friends of For Humanity Dr. Roman Yamopolskiy and Liron Shapira. Roman is an influential AI Safety researcher, through leader, and Associate Professor at the University of Louisville. Liron is a tech CEO and host of the excellent Doom Debates podcast. Roman famously holds a 99.999% p-doom, Liron has a nuanced 50%. John starts out at 75%, unrelated to t...

In Episode #44 Trailer, host John Sherman brings back friends of For Humanity Dr. Roman Yamopolskiy and Liron Shapira. Roman is an influential AI Safety researcher, through leader, and Associate Professor at the University of Louisville. Liron is a tech CEO and host of the excellent Doom Debates podcast. Roman famously holds a 99.999% p-doom, Liron has a nuanced 50%. John starts out at 75%, unrela...

In Episode #43 TRAILER,  host John Sherman talks with DevOps Engineer Aubrey Blackburn about the vague, elusive case the big AI companies and accelerationists make for the good case AI future. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This i...

In Episode #42,  host John Sherman talks with actor Erik Passoja about AI’s impact on Hollywood, the fight to protect people’s digital identities, and the vibes in LA about existential risk. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This is...

In Episode #42 Trailer, host John Sherman talks with actor Erik Passoja about AI’s impact on Hollywood, the fight to protect people’s digital identities, and the vibes in LA about existential risk. Please Donate Here To Help Promote For Humanity https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/forhumanitypodcast EMAIL JOHN: forhumanitypodcast@gmail.com This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. T...