Center for AI Policy Podcast
The Center for AI Policy Podcast zooms into the strategic landscape of AI and unpacks its implications for US policy. This podcast is a publication from the Center for AI Policy (CAIP), a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to mitigating the catastrophic risks of AI through policy development and advocacy. Based in Washington, DC, CAIP works to ensure AI is developed and implemented with effective safety standards.
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Episodes
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Bill Drexel, Fellow at the Center for a New American Security's Technology and National Security Program, joined the podcast to discuss China's surveillance implementation and AI capabilities, open source AI, AI's potential role in enhancing bio weapons, U.S.-China relations on AI, U.S. AI policy actions, global AI competition, and more.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Anton Korinek, a professor at the University of Virginia's economics department and business school, joined the podcast to discuss AI productivity gains, augmentation versus automation, the future of white-collar work, global access to AI technology, universal basic income, career planning in the age of AI, workforce adaptation, AI-generated podcasts, and more.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Nick Whitaker, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute working on emerging tech and AI policy, joined the podcast to discuss his AI Policy Playbook as well as progress studies, global competition in AI, artificial general intelligence, cyber security, export controls, AI talent recruitment, AI companions, and more.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Dr. Michael K. Cohen, a postdoc AI safety researcher at UC Berkeley, joined the podcast to discuss OpenAI's superalignment research, reinforcement learning and imitation learning, potential dangers of advanced future AI agents, policy proposals to address long-term planning agents, academic discourse on AI risks, California's SB 1047 bill, and more.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Ellen P. Goodman, a distinguished professor of law at Rutgers Law School, joined the podcast to discuss the NTIA's AI accountability report, federal AI policy efforts, watermarking and data provenance, AI-generated content, risk-based regulation, and more.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Friday Aug 02, 2024
Friday Aug 02, 2024
Stephen Casper, a computer science PhD student at MIT, joined the podcast to discuss AI interpretability, red-teaming and robustness, evaluations and audits, reinforcement learning from human feedback, Goodhart’s law, and more.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Kelsey Piper, Senior Writer at Vox, joined the podcast to discuss OpenAI's recent incident involving exit documents, the extent to which OpenAI's actions were unreasonable, and the broader significance of this story.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Tamay Besiroglu, Associate Director of Epoch AI, joined the podcast to provide a comprehensive overview of the factors shaping AI progress, from algorithmic advances and hardware scaling to data availability and economic incentives, and to analyze the potential trajectories of AI development over the coming years.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript, highlights, and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
Katja Grace, Lead Researcher and Co-Founder of AI Impacts, joined the podcast to discuss where AI is heading and what AI researchers think about it, including analysis of likely the largest-ever survey of AI researchers.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).
For a transcript, highlights, and relevant links, visit the Center for AI Policy Podcast Substack.
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Jason Green-Lowe, Executive Director of the Center for AI Policy, joins the podcast to discuss who is held legally accountable when AI causes harm, how they're held accountable, and potential policies to improve or clarify liability law regarding AI.
Our music is by Micah Rubin (Producer) and John Lisi (Composer).