Sheha Revanur is a the founder of Encode Justice, an international, youth-led network campaigning for the responsible development of AI, which was among the sponsors of California's proposed AI bill SB-1047. We chatted about why Sheha founded Encode Justice, the importance of youth advocacy in AI safety, and what the movement can learn from climate activism. We also dug into the details of SB-1047 and answered some common criticisms of the bill!Follow Sneha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SnehaRevanur Learn more about Encode Justice: https://encodejustice.org/

Nathan Young is a forecaster, software developer and tentative AI optimist. In this episode, we discussed how Nathan approaches forecasting, why his p(doom) is 2-9%, whether we should pause AGI research, and more!Follow Nathan on Twitter: Nathan 🔍 (@NathanpmYoung) / X (twitter.com) Nathan's substack: Predictive Text | Nathan Young | SubstackMy Twitter: sarah ⏸️ (@littIeramblings) / X (twitter.com)

A while back, my self-confessed inability to fully comprehend the writings of Eliezer Yudkowsky elicited the sympathy of the author himself. In an attempt to more completely understand why AI is going to kill us all, I enlisted the help of Noah Topper, recent Computer Science Masters graduate and long-time EY fan, to help me break down A List of Lethalities (which, for anyone unfamiliar, is a fun list of 43 reasons why we're all totally screwed). Follow Noah on Twitter: Noah Topper 🔍⏸️ (@NoahTopper) / X (twitter.com)My Twitter: sarah ⏸️ (@littIeramblings) / X (twitter.com)

Holly Elmore is an AI pause advocate and Executive Director of PauseAI US. We chatted about the case for pausing AI, her experience of organising protests against frontier AGI research, the danger of relying on warning shots, the prospect of techno-utopia, possible risks of pausing and more!Follow Holly on Twitter: Holly ⏸️ Elmore (@ilex_ulmus) / X (twitter.com)Official PauseAI US Twitter account: PauseAI US ⏸️ (@pauseaius) / X (twitter.com)My Twitter: sarah ⏸️ (@littIeramblings) / X (twitter.com) Learn more about PauseAI: We need to Pause AI

In this episode, I talked with Joep Meindertsma, founder of PauseAI, about how he discovered AI safety, the emotional experience of internalising existential risks, strategies for communicating AI risk, his assessment of recent AI policy developments and more!Find out more about PauseAI at www.pauseai.info

Émile P. Torres is a philosopher and historian known for their research on the history and ethical implications of human extinction. They are also an outspoken critic of Effective Altruism, longtermism and the AI safety movement. In this episode, we chatted about why Émile opposes both the 'doomer' and accelerationist factions, and identified some or our agreements and disagreements about AI safety.

Darren McKee is an author, speaker and policy advisor who has recently penned a beginner-friendly introduction to AI Safety named Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World. We chatted about the best arguments for worrying about AI, responses to common objections, how to navigate the online AI safety space as an non-expert, and more.Buy Darren's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Uncontrollable-Threat-Artificial-Superintelligence-World-ebook/dp/B0CNYMF89ZFollow Darren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dbcmckee?lang=enMy Twitter: https://twitter.com/littIeramblings

Akash is an AI policy researcher working on ways to reduce global security risks from advanced AI. He has worked at the Center for AI Safety, Center for AI Policy, and Control AI. Before getting involved in AI safety, he was a PhD student studying technology & mental health at the University of Pennsylvania. We chatted about why he decided to work on AI safety, the current state of AI policy, advice for people looking to get involved in the field and much more!Follow Akash on Twitter: https://x.com/akashwasil?s=21LW dialogue: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/2sLwt2cSAag74nsdN/speaking-to-congressional-staffers-about-ai-riskMy Twitter: https://x.com/littieramblings?s=21

In this inaugural episode of Consistently Candid, Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander each try to convince me of their position on moral realism, and I settle the issue once and for all. Featuring occasional interjections from the sat-nav in the Uber Aaron was taking at the time.My Twitter: https://twitter.com/littIeramblings Max's Twitter: https://twitter.com/absurdlymaxAaron's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronBergman18