Into AI Safety
Episodes
Drawing Red Lines w/ Su Cizem
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Technology has been moving faster than policy for some time now, and the advent of AI isn't changing that, so what can we do to maintain safety despit...
Thinking Through "Digital Minds" w/ Jacy Reese-Anthis
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jacy Reese-Anthis, founder of Sentience Institute and researcher at Stanford, began his journey working for animal welfare, but is now finishing up hi...
Scaling AI Safety Through Mentorship w/ Dr. Ryan Kidd
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it actually take to build a successful AI safety organization? I'm joined by Dr. Ryan Kidd, who has co-led MATS from a small pilot program t...
Sobering Up on AI Progress w/ Dr. Sean McGregor
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean McGregor and I discuss about why evaluating AI systems has become so difficult; we cover everything from the breakdown of benchmarking, how incen...
Against 'The Singularity' w/ Dr. David Thorstad
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philosopher Dr. David Thorstad tears into one of AI safety's most influential arguments: the singularity hypothesis. We discuss why the idea of recurs...
Getting Agentic w/ Alistair Lowe-Norris
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alistair Lowe-Norris, Chief Responsible AI Officer at Iridius and co-host of The Agentic Insider podcast, joins to discuss AI compliance standards, th...
Growing BlueDot's Impact w/ Li-Lian Ang
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm joined by my good friend, Li-Lian Ang, first hire and product manager at BlueDot Impact. We discuss how BlueDot has evolved from their original co...
Layoffs to Leadership w/ Andres Sepulveda Morales
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andres Sepulveda Morales joins me to discuss his journey from three tech layoffs to founding Red Mage Creative and leading the Fort Collins chapter of...
Getting Into PauseAI w/ Will Petillo
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will Petillo, onboarding team lead at PauseAI, joins me to discuss the grassroots movement advocating for a pause on frontier AI model development. We...
Making Your Voice Heard w/ Tristan Williams & Felix de Simone
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I am joined by Tristan Williams and Felix de Simone to discuss their work on the potential of constituent communication, specifically in the context o...
INTERVIEW: Scaling Democracy w/ (Dr.) Igor Krawczuk
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The almost Dr. Igor Krawczuk joins me for what is the equivalent of 4 of my previous episodes. We get into all the classics: eugenics, capitalism, phi...
INTERVIEW: StakeOut.AI w/ Dr. Peter Park (3)
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As always, the best things come in 3s: dimensions, musketeers, pyramids, and... 3 installments of my interview with Dr. Peter Park, an AI Existential ...
INTERVIEW: StakeOut.AI w/ Dr. Peter Park (2)
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for round 2 with Dr. Peter Park, an AI Existential Safety Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Max Tegmark at MIT. Dr. Park was a cofounder of...
MINISODE: Restructure Vol. 2
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
UPDATE: Contrary to what I say in this episode, I won't be removing any episodes that are already published from the podcast RSS feed.After getting so...
INTERVIEW: StakeOut.AI w/ Dr. Peter Park (1)
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Peter Park is an AI Existential Safety Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Max Tegmark at MIT. In conjunction with Harry Luk and one other cofoun...
MINISODE: "LLMs, a Survey"
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Take a trip with me through the paper Large Language Models, A Survey, published on February 9th of 2024. All figures and tables mentioned throughout ...
FEEDBACK: Applying for Funding w/ Esben Kran
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Esben reviews an application that I would soon submit for Open Philanthropy's Career Transitition Funding opportunity. Although I didn't end up receiv...
MINISODE: Reading a Research Paper
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before I begin with the paper-distillation based minisodes, I figured we would go over best practices for reading research papers. I go through the an...
HACKATHON: Evals November 2023 (2)
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join our hackathon group for the second episode in the Evals November 2023 Hackathon subseries. In this episode, we solidify our goals for the hackath...
MINISODE: Portfolios
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I provide my thoughts and recommendations regarding personal professional portfolios.00:35 - Intro to portfolios01:42 - Modern portfolios02:27 - What ...
INTERVIEW: Polysemanticity w/ Dr. Darryl Wright
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Darryl and I discuss his background, how he became interested in machine learning, and a project we are currently working on investigating the penaliz...
MINISODE: Starting a Podcast
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A summary and reflections on the path I have taken to get this podcast started, including some resources recommendations for others who want to do som...
HACKATHON: Evals November 2023 (1)
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode kicks off our first subseries, which will consist of recordings taken during my team's meetings for the AlignmentJams Evals Hackathon in ...
MINISODE: Staying Up-to-Date in AI
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this minisode I give some tips for staying up-to-date in the everchanging landscape of AI. I would like to point out that I am constantly iterating...
INTERVIEW: Applications w/ Alice Rigg
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Rigg, a mechanistic interpretability researcher from Ottawa, Canada, joins me to discuss their path and the applications process for research/me...
MINISODE: Program Applications (Winter 2024)
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back after a month-long hiatus with a podcast refactor and advice on the applications process for research/mentorship programs.Check out the Abo...
MINISODE: EAG Takeaways (Boston 2023)
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a brief overview of the major takeaways I had from attending EAG Boston 2023, and an update on my plans for the podcast moving forward...
FEEDBACK: AISC Proposal w/ Remmelt Ellen
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I discuss my initial research proposal for the 2024 Winter AI Safety Camp with one of the individuals who helps facilitate the program...
MINISODE: Introduction and Motivation
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Into AI Safety podcast! In this episode I provide reasoning for why I am starting this podcast, what I am trying to accomplish with it,...