Summary
In addition to the Future of Life Institute outreach efforts, FLI has a number of media ventures including: FLI Newsletters, FLI Podcasts, and FLI Papers.
The Future of Life Institute is a US-based non-profit focused on steering transformative technology towards benefitting life and away from extreme large-scale risks.
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Newsletters
Monthly Newsletter
Source: Website
A monthly update on transformative technology and extreme risks
Our newsletter brings subscribers the latest news on how emerging technologies are transforming our world – for better and worse.
What you can expect
At the end of every month, our 40,000+ subscribers can expect:
- Our work – An update on FLI activities and output across our cause areas.
- Policy developments – Significant governance and policy developments in the US, EU, and international institutions.
- Latest research – The latest scientific and policy research related to our cause areas.
- Top resources – A list of articles, reports, and podcasts our researchers are reading.
- Data insights – Important data and visualisations about our cause areas.
The Autonomous Weapons Newsletter
Source: Website
Stay up-to-date on the autonomous weapons space with a monthly newsletter covering policymaking efforts, weapons systems technology, and more.
The EU AI Act Newsletter
Source: Website
Up-to-date developments and analyses of the proposed EU AI law – by Risto Uuk.
Not Another Big Tech Stack
Source: Website
A monthly perspective on AI policy, unaffiliated with any of the major AI companies. By Mark Brakel.
Podcasts
Conversations with far-sighted thinkers.
Source: Website
Our namesake podcast series features the FLI team in conversation with prominent researchers, policy experts, philosophers, and a range of other influential thinkers.
21 March, 2025
Special: Defeating AI Defenses (with Nicholas Carlini and Nathan Labenz)
In this special episode, we feature Nathan Labenz interviewing Nicholas Carlini on the Cognitive Revolution podcast. Nicholas Carlini works as a security researcher at Google DeepMind, and has published extensively on adversarial machine learning and cybersecurity. Carlini discusses his pioneering work on adversarial attacks against image classifiers, and the challenges of ensuring neural network robustness. He examines the difficulties of defending against such attacks, the role of human intuition in his approach, open-source AI, and the potential for scaling AI security research.
00:00 Nicholas Carlini’s contributions to cybersecurity
08:19 Understanding attack strategies
29:39 High-dimensional spaces and attack intuitions
51:00 Challenges in open-source model safety
01:00:11 Unlearning and fact editing in models
01:10:55 Adversarial examples and human robustness
01:37:03 Cryptography and AI robustness
01:55:51 Scaling AI security research
Videos
We Can’t Stop AI – Here’s What To Do Instead [Keep The Future Human]
March 6, 2025 (04:00)
By: https://www.youtube.com/@futureoflifeinstitute
We stand at a pivotal moment – humanity is on the brink of developing artificial minds that could exceed our own. To do so would undermine human control of our destiny. We must keep the future human by closing the “gates” to AGI.
‘Keep The Future Human’, a new essay from Anthony Aguirre (Executive Director of the Future of Life Institute) presents a case for why, and how, we should close the ‘Gates’ to AGI and superintelligence, and what we should build instead.
How might AI be weaponized? | Al, Social Media and Nukes at SXSW 2024
May 9, 2024 (58:00)
By: Future of Life Institute
FLI’s Anthony Aguirre speaking on the panel ‘From Algorithms to Arms: Understanding the Interplay of Al, Social Media and Nukes’ at South By Southwest (SXSW) on March 9th 2024.
See here for event details: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events…
Featuring: Anthony Aguirre. Executive Director, Future of Life Institute.
Frances Haugen. Beyond the Screen, former Facebook Product Manager.
Jeffrey Ladish. Center For Humane Technology, Head of AI Insights.
Emily Schwartz. Communications Partner, Bryson Gillette
