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Author archive: Luisa Rodriguez

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2025

March
  • Expression of Interest: Podcast Host
    Blog post
  • Expression of Interest: Podcast Chief of Staff
    Blog post
February
  • Bonus: AGI disagreements and misconceptions: Rob, Luisa, & past guests hash it out
    Podcast

2024

November
  • #210 – Cameron Meyer Shorb on dismantling the myth that we can't do anything to help wild animals
    Podcast
  • #207 – Sarah Eustis-Guthrie on why she shut down her charity, and why more founders should follow her lead
    Podcast
  • Bonus episode: Parenting insights from Rob and 8 past guests
    Podcast
  • #206 – Anil Seth on the predictive brain and how to study consciousness
    Podcast
October
  • #205 – Sébastien Moro on the most insane things fish can do
    Podcast
  • #203 – Peter Godfrey-Smith on interfering with wild nature, accepting death, and the origin of complex civilisation
    Podcast
September
  • #202 – Venki Ramakrishnan on the cutting edge of anti-ageing science
    Podcast
  • Why experts and forecasters disagree about AI risk
    Blog post
  • #201 – Ken Goldberg on why your robot butler isn't here yet
    Podcast
  • #200 – Ezra Karger on what superforecasters and experts think about existential risks
    Podcast
August
  • #199 – Nathan Calvin on California's AI bill SB 1047 and its potential to shape US AI policy
    Podcast
  • #198 – Meghan Barrett on challenging our assumptions about insects
    Podcast
  • #196 – Jonathan Birch on the edge cases of sentience and why they matter
    Podcast
  • #195 – Sella Nevo on who's trying to steal frontier AI models, and what they could do with them
    Podcast
July
  • #193 – Sihao Huang on navigating the geopolitics of US–China AI competition
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  • #192 – Annie Jacobsen on what would happen if North Korea launched a nuclear weapon at the US
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June
  • #190 – Eric Schwitzgebel on whether the US is conscious
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May
  • #189 – Rachel Glennerster on how "market shaping" could help solve climate change, pandemics, and other global problems
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  • #188 – Matt Clancy on whether science is good
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  • #187 – Zach Weinersmith on how researching his book turned him from a space optimist into a "space bastard"
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  • #186 – Dean Spears on why babies are born small in Uttar Pradesh, and how to save their lives
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April
  • #185 – Lewis Bollard on the 7 most promising ways to end factory farming, and whether AI is going to be good or bad for animals
    Podcast
March
  • Christian Ruhl on why we’re entering a new nuclear age — and how to reduce the risks
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  • #182 – Bob Fischer on comparing the welfare of humans, chickens, pigs, octopuses, bees, and more
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  • #181 – Laura Deming on the science that could keep us healthy in our 80s and beyond
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February
  • #178 – Emily Oster on what the evidence actually says about pregnancy and parenting
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2023

December
  • #174 – Nita Farahany on the neurotechnology already being used to convict criminals and manipulate workers
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November
  • #173 – Jeff Sebo on digital minds, and how to avoid sleepwalking into a major moral catastrophe
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  • #171 – Alison Young on how top labs have jeopardised public health with repeated biosafety failures
    Podcast
October
  • #169 – Paul Niehaus on whether cash transfers cause economic growth, and keeping theft to acceptable levels
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  • #167 – Seren Kell on the research gaps holding back alternative proteins from mass adoption
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  • #164 – Kevin Esvelt on cults that want to kill everyone, stealth vs wildfire pandemics, and how he felt inventing gene drives
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September
  • Alex Lawsen on avoiding 10 mistakes people make when pursuing a high-impact career
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  • What the past can tell us about how AI will affect jobs
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August
  • #161 – Michael Webb on whether AI will soon cause job loss, lower incomes, and higher inequality — or the opposite
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  • #160 – Hannah Ritchie on why it makes sense to be optimistic about the environment
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July
  • Hannah Boettcher on the mental health challenges that come with trying to have a big impact
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  • #156 – Markus Anderljung on how to regulate cutting-edge AI models
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June
  • How to cope with rejection in your career
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May
  • #152 – Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion
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  • #151 – Ajeya Cotra on accidentally teaching AI models to deceive us
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  • #150 – Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world
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April
  • Luisa and Keiran on free will, and the consequences of never feeling enduring guilt or shame
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March
  • Luisa and Robert Long on how to make independent research more fun
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  • #146 – Robert Long on why large language models like GPT (probably) aren't conscious
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February
  • #145 – Christopher Brown on why slavery abolition wasn't inevitable
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2022

June
  • #131 – Lewis Dartnell on getting humanity to bounce back faster in a post-apocalyptic world
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April
  • My experience with imposter syndrome — and how to (partly) overcome it
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  • Expression of interest: writer
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  • Expression of interest: popular writing consultant
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January
  • The twelve 80,000 Hours 2021 releases that affected our staff most
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